SharePoint Developer SME

Sopra Steria Ltd; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Farnborough is seeking an expert SharePoint Developer to work on innovative projects. You will provide software development skills, building resilient SharePoint solutions, and integration with enterprise systems like ServiceNow and Power BI. Candidates must have extensive SharePoint development experience and SC clearance or eligibility. The role offers a salary up to £65K with a benefits package including car allowance, private medical, and flexible benefits.

Benefits

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Generous flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in SharePoint development (Online and/or On-Premise).
• Strong understanding of SharePoint architecture, administration, and configuration.
• Experience working within secure environments (MOD, Defence, Government).
• Ability to produce clear documentation, including technical designs and release notes.

Responsibilities

• Build SharePoint solutions that are resilient and fault-tolerant.
• Establish lists, libraries, and content types to support governance.
• Integrate SharePoint with other enterprise systems such as ServiceNow and Power BI.
• Customise the SharePoint user experience through modern UI design.

Skills

SharePoint development

SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

Power Automate

REST APIs

Microsoft Graph

Agile delivery practices

DevOps delivery practices

Azure AD integration

Job description

Fantastic opportunity for an expert SharePoint Developer to work on a new Project that is groundbreaking!

You will provide software development skills at a subsystem level and work as part of a team taking ownership to specify, develop and test the sub-system; also being 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:

• SharePoint SME to build SharePoint solutions that are both Resilient and Fault tolerant, able to fail-over to alternative instances in a secondary datacenter.
• Build workflows and automation using Power Automate, Power Apps, and custom SharePoint Framework (SPFx) components.
• Establish lists, libraries, and content types to support business processes and governance requirements.
• Implement secure access and permissions models in line with organizational and MOD/NCSC policies.
• Integrate SharePoint with other enterprise systems (e.g. ServiceNow, Power BI, Azure, and legacy systems).
• Customise the SharePoint user experience through modern UI design, scripting (JavaScript/TypeScript), and web part development.

What you’ll bring:

• Extensive experience in SharePoint development (Online and/or On-Premise).
• Strong understanding of SharePoint architecture, administration, and configuration.
• 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:

• Experience working within secure environments (MOD, Defence, Government).
• Knowledge of security accreditation processes or NCSC guidelines.
• Experience in migration tools (ShareGate, Metalogix, etc.).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines for SharePoint.

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: Farnborough
Security Clearance Level: SC Cleared or eligible.
Internal Recruiter: Jane
Salary: To £65K
£5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, 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.