In this role you will be working within the Collaboration Engineering team in End User Compute and Collaboration (EUC&C), which is part of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT), to provide Microsoft 365 (M365) services to over 65,000 users across the Home Office.
EUC&C are responsible for all core Home Office end-user services, including the provision and support of devices as well as development and support of applications and business critical services such as Exchange, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive.
The Collaboration Engineering team comprises of multi-skilled, multi-disciplinary, product-focused agile squads - including Infrastructure Engineers, Developers, DevOps Engineers, and QA Testers - ensuring Microsoft 365 and Azure services, as well as products built upon these platforms, are integrated, tested, delivered, and operated as required.
The Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) profession enable the Home Office to keep the UK safe and secure. They do this by designing, building, and running the services that help people apply for visas or passports, support policing and counter-terrorism operations, and protect the UK’s borders.
Team members have specialised knowledge and a calling to build on it. We want the best people to come to the Home Office and work in the diverse roles and communities they’re passionate about. This is how we produce exceptional outcomes.
The Developer works on software components that form part of a product. You will be involved in designing, running and improving software that meets user needs. You will typically work under the guidance of senior colleagues in your team.
You will work to our technical standards writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach, ensuring the code is open as far as possible and can be re-used.
Tools and Technologies we use
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office, including these utilised by the Collaboration Engineering team:
* Backend: Azure (Logic Apps, Function Apps, Automation Accounts, App Services), PowerShell (5.1, 7.x, Azure, Exchange, PowerApps, Security & Compliance, SPO, Teams), M365 PnP, M365 CLI, Graph API.
* Frontend: Power Apps, Power Fx, SharePoint Fx (SPfx), Fluent UI, React, JavaScript, C#, CSOM, Adaptive Cards, Lists Conditional Formatting, Copilot Studio.
* Data: Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Data Lake.
* DevOps: Azure DevOps, Git, Azure Pipelines, Bicep, Terraform.
* Tooling: Microsoft Dev Box, Visual Studio Code, PowerShell ISE, ShareGate, SharePoint Migration Tool, Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics.
What you will do
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
* Delivering secure, reliable and scalable software in your team; undertaking a breadth of development and engineering tasks related to the M365 and Azure platforms.
* Designing new software using appropriate tools and in line with standards, proving designs through prototyping.
* Reporting on system performance and supporting test activities; keeping documentation up to date.
* Supporting services you have delivered through regular maintenance activities, incident investigation, and fix activities, balancing your work with your leadership.
* Working with other engineers to deliver new capability and shape best practices, for instance improved CI/CD pipelines or test approaches.
* Understanding and evaluating changes to the M365 and Azure platforms, staying up to date with changes, assessing impacts and opportunities.
Like many organisations we need to maintain our services 24/7, therefore, on occasions there may be a requirement to work out of hours, for which you will be paid an additional allowance.
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