Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.
THE POSITION
Wellington Management is seeking a Senior Directory, M365 & Server Administrator to support and operate the firm’s core identity, collaboration, and Windows infrastructure platforms, including Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Windows Server, and VMware.
This is a domain admin level role designed to provide deep technical support and operational continuity for these critical services outside of US business hours, while remaining fully embedded with US based engineering and operations teams.
The role will be based in London to ensure meaningful daily overlap with US teams and to enable close collaboration, shared ownership, and consistent engineering standards—rather than operating as a detached regional support function.
THE OPPORTUNITY
This role exists to strengthen the resilience, stability, and responsiveness of Wellington’s core identity and infrastructure platforms.
You will work closely with senior engineers and architects across two closely aligned domains:
• Active Directory, Windows Server, and VMware
• Microsoft 365 operations, engineering, and architecture
Rather than being siloed, this role is intended to be deeply embedded in these teams—sharing responsibility for operational health, incident response, and continuous improvement of platforms that are critical to the firm.
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior engineer who enjoys hands on technical ownership, complex troubleshooting, and working across identity, server, virtualization, and cloud collaboration technologies.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Core Platform Operations & Engineering
• Provide senior level operational support for:
• Active Directory (on prem and hybrid)
• Windows Server platforms
• VMware virtualization environments
• Microsoft 365 (identity, collaboration, and core services)
• Operate with domain administrator level access and responsibility, following established security and change controls.
• Ensure the stability, availability, and performance of core directory and server services during non US hours.
Active Directory & Identity
• Support and maintain Active Directory forests, domains, trusts, and replication.
• Troubleshoot complex AD issues including authentication failures, GPO processing, DNS dependencies, and hybrid identity scenarios.
• Support identity integrations with Microsoft Entra ID and downstream systems.
Microsoft 365
• Provide operational support for Microsoft 365 services, including identity related components and tenant configuration.
• Partner with M365 engineering and architecture teams to support changes, deployments, and incident response.
• Assist with troubleshooting cross platform issues spanning on prem AD, Entra ID, and M365 services.
Windows Server & VMware
• Support Windows Server operating systems and associated services.
• Assist with VMware platform operations, troubleshooting VM level and host level issues as required.
• Work closely with platform owners to maintain consistent standards and operational hygiene.
Incident Response & Problem Management
• Act as a senior escalation point during non US hours for incidents affecting directory, server, virtualization, or M365 platforms.
• Perform deep technical troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Contribute to post incident reviews and drive corrective and preventative actions.
Collaboration & Embedded Team Model
• Work closely with US based engineers to ensure seamless handover, shared context, and consistent decision making.
• Participate in team rituals, operational reviews, and engineering discussions to remain aligned and embedded.
• Contribute to shared documentation, runbooks, and operational standards.
Continuous Improvement
• Identify recurring issues, operational gaps, or manual processes and propose improvements.
• Support automation, standardization, and modernization efforts across AD, server, and M365 platforms.
• Maintain accurate documentation for configurations, procedures, and operational knowledge.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Strong hands on experience administering Active Directory in a complex enterprise environment.
• Solid experience with Windows Server platforms.
• Working experience supporting VMware environments.
• Experience operating and supporting Microsoft 365 in an enterprise context.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex, cross platform issues involving identity, servers, virtualization, and cloud services.
• Comfortable operating with elevated privileges (domain admin level) in a controlled, audited environment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with geographically distributed teams.
Preferred
• Experience supporting hybrid identity environments (AD + Entra ID).
• Exposure to enterprise scale M365 engineering or operations.
• Experience working in regulated or security sensitive environments.
• Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell preferred).
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.
As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com
We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.
For almost 100 years, we have chosen to do things differently, including the way we structure our ownership model, organization, and investment platform. Critically, we know that the best investment ideas are found when a diverse workforce is encouraged to bring forward unique perspectives.
Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms, serving as a trusted adviser to over 2,400 clients in more than 60 countries. We manage more than US$1 trillion for pensions, endowments and foundations, insurers, family offices, fund sponsors, global wealth managers, and other clients.
We offer comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets, including global equity, fixed income, currency, commodity, alternatives, and private markets. Leveraging more than 900 investment professionals located in offices around the world, we combine independent insights across asset classes, skill sets, and investment disciplines to uncover ideas for our clients, because we believe collaboration is a rare, repeatable competitive edge.
This independent structure and collegial culture are two of the main reasons investment professionals join Wellington Management — and stay for their entire careers.
For current open opportunities, please visit www.wellington.com/joinus
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to having a diverse workforce. Please visit http://www.wellington.com to learn more about our firm.
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