Job Title: SharePoint and Office 365 Developer
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Direct Reports: None
Main Purpose of the Job
Based in our Wakefield office, we are seeking a SharePoint and Office 365 Developer to work within the existing IT team and provide support and development for our existing and emerging SharePoint environments. The successful candidate will work alongside the IT Managers and IT Administrators to fully support strategic objectives.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Maintain existing SharePoint solutions and implement strong supporting governance and ownership.
Build custom business applications with out-of-the-box features and extend with custom scripts and coded applications.
Evaluate existing systems, solutions and processes and provide ideas for improvement.
Research and understand emerging practices (as you will be working on new Microsoft APIs and Microsoft platforms).
Implementation and customisation of SharePoint-based solutions for Collaboration portals, Enterprise Content Management, Workflows and Enterprise Search.
Plan content types and deploy custom lists and libraries.
Develop, deploy and maintain client side rendering scripts and SPFx components.
Author and execute PowerShell scripts that automate routine administrative tasks.
Reviewing, implementing and maintaining search services, including defining and expanding search schema.
Help to drive the adoption and usage of Office 365 & SharePoint solutions.
Provide prompt support though our helpdesk system to ensure operational problems are resolved as quickly as possible and within the IT Service Level Agreements.
Provide help and guidance to customers of Office 365 including SharePoint Online, in order that they can make maximum use of IT and provide training where appropriate.
What Qualifications, Experience & Skills are Essential or Preferred to be successful in the role?
| Essential | Preferred |
Qualification | Relevant IT Qualification |
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Experience | 2+ years of hands-on SharePoint development experience, creating SharePoint features and solutions. Experience with design, development and deployment of enterprise level SharePoint portals using scripting tools. Proficiency in defining and maintaining Taxonomy Term Store(s) Understanding of best practice information architecture, managed metadata, content types, enterprise search, custom refiners, and search-driven applications.
| Previous experience of an engineering organisation |
Skills | Demonstrable experience with SharePoint 2013 / 2016 and Online projects Ability to understand business challenges and implement solutions using as much out of the box SharePoint components as possible. Knowledge of Office 365 Apps including Power BI Use of Microsoft Flow, Forms and PowerApps Familiarity with Microsoft Teams and modern Sharepoint sites / pages Powershell scripting
| SharePoint Admin Centre experience Experience with Azure (VMs, App Services, Hybrid Connections) and Office 365 development is a plus
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