Infrastructure Engineer (MS Power Platform) (Ref: 87244)
Ministry of Justice
About the job
Job summary
This position is based NationallyJob description
Infrastructure Engineer (MS Power Platform)
Location: National*
Interviews: W/C 17th June (subject to change)
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: National: £39868 - £51675 (which may include an allowance of up to £11807). London: £45824 - £56050 (which may include an allowance of up to £10226).
Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working, job share.
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 87244
*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 an Infrastructure Engineer (MS Power Platform) here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative EUCS team.
This role aligns against Infrastructure Engineer from the Government Digital and Data Framework
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:
● Help to design, build and implement MS Power Platform environments to enable and run user-centric, data driven applications across the Ministry of Justice.
● Administration of the Power Platform, including utilisation of MS COE to perform regular maintenance tasks, configurations, policies and updates
● Act as a technical SME providing platform advice, knowledge sharing, and technical assistance to other sections of the MOJ's digital estates.
● Using tools to automate current manual processes minimising human effort.
● Support initiatives that deliver Power platform workable end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
● Communicate with end users to provide timely and accurate information and status updates.
● Work with application developers, (including third parties) to facilitate environment creation and other configurations needed for the business to implement their application
● Demonstrate and apply a good understanding of the latest standards and practices relevant to the role.
● Work with end-users and/or their suppliers on the setup, configuration and development of High LevelDesigns along with other governance processes.
● Present recommendations for resolving ticket requests and exercise some independent judgement while developing understanding of the process, policies and risk controls.
● Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues.
● Work with end-users on the setup and configuration and development of High and low level Designs.
● Work as a team to resolve operational issues and restore/optimise services.
The Infrastructure Engineer (MS Power Platform) will work collaboratively with:
● Lead and Senior 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
● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent workplace experience.
● Experience in implementing and managing Power Platforms components and infrastructure solutions.
● Proficiency in automation and administration tasks, (including scripting) within the Power Platform environment.
● Hands on Experience and knowledge of Power Platform components, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
● Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect, App Maker or Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant or equivalent.
● Understanding and experience of administering Azure and Microsoft products.
● Excellent 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 successful projects and initiatives
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC vetting.
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.
Terms & Conditions
Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk
Person specification
Please refer to Job DescriptionBenefits
Alongside your salary of £39,868, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,804 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
How to Apply
Candidates must submit a CV and personal statement (of no more than 750 words), which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
● Working Together
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above. The following criteria will be assessed at the sift stage -
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent workplace experience.
- Experience in implementing and managing Power Platforms components and infrastructure solutions.
- Proficiency in automation and administration tasks, (including scripting) within the Power Platform environment.
- Hands on Experience and knowledge of Power Platform components, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on the following criterion will be conducted before the sift -
- Hands on Experience and knowledge of Power Platform components, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.