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Are you passionate about cloud technologies, identity management and creating a secure digital workplace? We’re looking for a proactive IT Officer (Cloud) to join our IT Team in Selkirk.

Salary: £38,919 - £42,989
Location: Selkirk, Scottish Borders
Hours and terms: Full time, Permanent, 35 hours per week
Closing Date: 19 October 2026

The Role:

We’re looking for a proactive IT Officer (Cloud) to join our IT Team in Selkirk. In this pivotal role, you’ll act as the technical lead for SBHA’s Microsoft 365 environment, supporting and developing services including Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Intune, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams and Azure identity services. You’ll play a key role in ensuring colleagues can access the systems they need securely, efficiently and in line with best practice.

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation and external technology partners, you’ll manage authentication and access controls, support collaboration platforms, maintain cloud security controls and help shape the future of our digital workplace. You’ll also contribute to the administration of the wider IT infrastructure, support disaster recovery and business continuity activities, and provide specialist expertise on cloud and identity services.

If you thrive on problem-solving, enjoy working with modern Microsoft technologies, and are passionate about delivering secure, reliable and customer-focused IT services, we’d love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career while helping SBHA maximise the value of its technology investment and deliver better outcomes for colleagues, tenants and customers.

We're looking for somebody with experience of working with:

• Microsoft 365/Azure administration, Microsoft Entra ID/Active Directory.

• Hybrid identity, enterprise applications, single sign-on, application registrations, and authentication technologies.

• Conditional Access, MFA, privileged access, and Azure role-based access control.

• SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams administration and permission management.

• Microsoft Intune endpoint management and compliance.

• Microsoft Windows 11, Windows Server and storage.

• VMware vSphere and vCenter

• DNS, DHCP, Firewall Access Control Lists, LAN/WAN fundamentals, network management and security.

• Backup and disaster recovery processes.

Being part of the SBHA team, you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, stability of employment and a good pension scheme. You will be part of a team that is interested in your wellbeing and development, and work in an environment where you can flourish.

If you are interested in working for SBHA and being part of a team providing a first-class service to the Association’s owned homes and properties in the area, please view job description and person specification before completing your application, and ensure your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

 Scottish Borders Housing Association is not a licensed sponsor under the appropriate UK Government regulations and as such, does not invite applications from, nor engage in sponsoring, oversees applicants who do not already have the right to live and /or work in the UK. The Association will not engage in any enquiries or enter into negotiations from individuals or Agents in this regard.