Systems Engineer PaaS (FTC/Secondment)

Exciting challenges lie ahead - new digital technologies and alternative ways of working are transforming the way we protect our communities and bring people to justice. We recognise that continued training and professional development is important and we aim to continue to improve on your capabilities.

As a Systems Engineer within the Platform as a Service team, you will be responsible for the configuration and support across a variety of on premise and cloud-based platform technologies such as Identity and Access Management, Messaging, Microsoft 365 and Azure.

Your role is to support our business-as-usual initiative by working collaboratively with other teams and ensuring regular maintenance activities are carried out and completed on time whilst also providing incident/request/problem support within the agreed service levels within the ITIL Framework. You will possess excellent problem-solving skills to investigate, diagnose and rectify issues relating to infrastructure services.

• Experience in supporting identity and security related technologies such as Active Directory, Certificate Services, MS Entra ID, Entra Connect, AD FS, and SailPoint IdentityNow
• Experience in the support and administration of the Microsoft collaboration stack for products such as Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Exchange & SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive for Business
• Good Understanding of Azure Services and cost optimisation
• First-hand knowledge in supporting large complex infrastructure environments
• Good understanding of IT Health check vulnerability assessments and remediation activities
• Experience with cloud-based Infrastructure Management and automation tools such as Azure Security Centre, Azure Sentinel, Log Analytics, Advanced Threat Protection and ServiceNow

This is a hybrid role, based at either Kidlington or Southampton. Applicants need to live within 2 hours of the base location due to the call out requirement.

Capability to travel across the Force is required in order to undertake assignments in a timely manner and work flexibly. Due to unsocial hours and personal safety for lone working public transport may not be suitable. For this reason, a full driving license is considered essential for this role.