Senior SharePoint Developer

Sopra Steria; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital solutions provider is looking for a SharePoint Developer based in Farnborough. This permanent position requires proven experience in SharePoint development, focusing on back-end skills, with a strong understanding of SharePoint administration and the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). The role involves supporting and maintaining SharePoint solutions while ensuring security and performance. A salary of up to £55K is offered along with various benefits including annual leave and health plans.

Benefits

25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Generous flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Proven experience in SharePoint development (Online and/or On-Premise).
• Strong understanding of SharePoint administration and coding.
• Experience developing with SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
• Advanced SharePoint automation techniques for new SharePoint instances.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting and maintaining SharePoint solutions.
• Creating and configuring SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, workflows, and web parts.
• Providing technical support for SharePoint users.
• Maintaining SharePoint security and access controls.

Skills

SharePoint development

Back end SharePoint development

SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

REST APIs

Microsoft Graph

Agile practices

DevOps delivery practices

Azure AD integration

Job description

We have a fantastic piece of work on where we provide SharePoint development services, delivering into highly secure UK clients. Now rapidly growing our SharePoint team, we are looking for strong Coding and Administration experience, to provide software development skills at a subsystem level and work as part of a team. Take ownership to specify, develop and test the sub-system; and be responsible for varying specialist services which involve the choice and application of diverse processes, systems and techniques.

Office based in Farnborough.

SC Cleared or eligible for SC.

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for supporting and maintaining SharePoint solutions.
• Creating and configuring SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, workflows, and web parts.
• Developing custom forms and templates using tools such as InfoPath and SharePoint Designer.
• Providing technical support for SharePoint users.
• Maintaining SharePoint security and access controls including fine-grained security (FGS) permissions.
• Monitoring SharePoint performance and troubleshooting issues.
• Collaborating with other developers and stakeholders to ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Managing SharePoint infrastructure throughout the life of the capability, including maintaining patch / updates.
• Recovering the SharePoint services in the event of planned or unplanned outages.
• Experience of working with tooling.
• Produce software component designs and specifications.
• Create test data and testing environments for unit and link testing.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in SharePoint development (Online and/or On-Premise).
• Focus on Back end SharePoint development.
• Strong understanding of SharePoint , administration, and coding.
• Experience developing with: SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
• Advanced SharePoint automation techniques for the Automation of new SharePoint instances.
• REST APIs and Microsoft Graph.
• Knowledge of Azure AD integration, permissions, and authentication models.
• Understanding of information governance, document management, and metadata design.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps delivery practices.Ability to produce clear documentation, including technical designs and release notes.

It would be great if you had:

• Government sector knowledge

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Permanent
Location: On site in Farnborough
Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC
Internal Recruiter: Jane
Salary: To £55K
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

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Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.