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- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know
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East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber
About the job
Job summary
This position is based nationally
Job description
Grade: G7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: National: £54358 – £69150 (which may include an allowance of up to £14792). London: £58847 – £73875 (which may include an allowance of up to £15028).
Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working, job share.
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 89431
- We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative End User Compute Services (EUCS) team.
This role aligns against Senior Infrastructure Engineer from the Government Digital and Data Framework.
The EUCS Team design, deliver and support the core infrastructure and systems that enable End User Compute Services and line of business applications for over 100,000 Ministry of Justice users across over 800 locations.
These are exciting times at Justice Digital. We have a clear vision – to develop a digitally enabled justice system that works simply for its users – and we’re looking for enthusiastic, talented people to help us achieve it.
As well as doing interesting work, we’re creating an environment that’s great to work in. We provide the opportunity to work with the latest technologies and offer brilliant training opportunities alongside support from expert colleagues. On top of that, you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture, and a place where your opinion is valued.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in supporting and developing a team of Engineers, promoting a culture of best practices, and striving to achieve team goals.
- Contribute to the design, building, and operation of modern and user-centric End User Computing (EUC) solutions and services that enable the Ministry of Justice to deliver services across the UK.
- Maintain a good understanding of the latest standards and practices relevant to the role, sharing acquired knowledge and insights with the team and the MoJs Digital community.
- Assist in implementing best practices throughout the development life cycle, focusing on designated product areas.
- Integration and Connectivity: Integrate Power Platform solutions with existing systems, data sources, and third-party services. Develop connectors and APIs to enable seamless communication and data exchange between Power Platform and external applications.
- Lead and support the design and architecture of solutions to support Microsoft Power Platform services, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Virtual Agents, CoE, APIs, Connectors, DLP, Environments and Dataverse etc.
- Deployment and Configuration Management: Oversee the deployment and configuration of Power Platform environments, ensuring adherence to established standards and guidelines. Implement automation and scripting solutions to streamline deployment processes and enhance efficiency.
- Performance Optimization and Scalability: Optimize Power Platform environments for performance, scalability, and reliability. Conduct performance tuning activities, capacity planning, and resource optimization to ensure optimal platform performance.
- Foster effective collaboration with other areas of EUCS and Justice Digital, contributing to shared goals and the delivery of integrated solutions.
- Please note, you may be required to take part in an on-call rota, sharing the responsibility of providing out of hours engineering cover for major incidents for which an additional allowance is payable.
The Senior Power Platform Infrastructure Engineer will work collaboratively with:
- Lead Engineers
- Technical Architecture and Service Operations teams
- 3rd party Service Managers, Project and Technical leads
- Senior Operations Managers within the EUC team
- Key MOJ stakeholders
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
- 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
- A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
- Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
- Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
- 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
- Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
- Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
- Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
- Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
- 5 days volunteering paid leave.
- Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
- Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Person Specification
Essential
- Equivalent workplace experience in Power Platforms or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Significant experience, implementing and managing Power Platform components and infrastructure solutions.
- In-depth knowledge of Power Platform components, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
- Proficiency in automation and administration tasks within the Power Platform environment.
- Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect, App Maker or Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant or equivalent.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a demonstrated track record of successfully leading projects and initiatives.
- Confident in the area of technical specialism and be fully conversant with other complementary technologies such as M365.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Person specification
Please refer to attached Job Description
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £54,358, Ministry of Justice contributes £15,165 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
- Telephone : 0845 241 5359
Recruitment team
- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/
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