DSA HQ Application Developer - Ministry of Defence - HEO

Location

Abbey Wood North, Filton

About the job

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a MODNET Power Platform developer to join the Defence Safety Authority’s Business Support and Improvement team. 

The DSA is responsible for the regulation of Defence Health, Safety and Environmental Protection, operating under a Charter from the Secretary of State for Defence (SofS). The DSA provides independent assurance directly to the SofS that the law is complied with and the policy on safety in Defence is being promoted and implemented whilst Defence activities are conducted.

The post sits within the organisation’s headquarters providing enabling support to the 9 business areas of DSA comprising of 8 regulator domains and an accident investigation branch. 

The position is advertised at 37 hours per week. DSA operates a hybrid working model which enables some home working.  The post holder will be expected to attend office a minimum of two days per week, and we encourage applicants to discuss anticipated working arrangements for the role during the recruitment process.

Due to the nature of the role, part time and job share arrangements may be considered, subject to the requirement that business needs are met.

Job description

Working to the Business Services and Improvement Senior Developer, the post holder is a part of a development team of 3 developers using the Microsoft Power suite to build and maintain a variety of applications for the organisation which support business processes, manage DSA’s data and maximise opportunities for  automation and information exploitation. 

Key responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining digital tools within the Microsoft Power suite to enable DSA staff to manage business related data captured in Dataverse and SharePoint
• Build and modify applications that improve coherence in system and data architecture across DSA
• Support the senior developer to triage and assess the feasibility of new requirements
• Stakeholder liaison and escalation
• Maximising opportunities to increase automation
• Provide technical guidance and share good practice with a small community of developers across DSA 

Person specification

Essential requirements:

• The successful applicant has experience developing sophisticated Power platform applications, flows, relational data tables and associated visualisations within the MODNet environment.

Desirable:

• Experience using Microsoft Power BI