Senior Developer - Dynamics

About the Directorate

As IT&D, we help to create the University of the future by co-designing new ways of working, enhancing productivity, reducing complexity, supporting innovation, and providing the insights to drive continual improvement. Embracing a digital future in an evolving modern university, you will be working in partnership with our academic and Professional Services colleagues to deliver digital services that help the University achieve its strategic objectives in teaching and research, nationally & globally.

The Software Engineering department within IT&D are responsible for the development, support, maintenance and administration of approved software applications used within Manchester Metropolitan University across a digital portfolio including Campus Experience, Digital Workplace, Education, Finance and the Student Lifecycle.

We work in a hybrid manner and the team's ‘anchor day' on-site is on Thursdays each week.

The Student Relationship Management (SRM) Team plays a central role in shaping how the University connects with prospective students, supports current learners, and engages with key services across the student journey. We design and deliver innovative solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and related Microsoft technologies.

Our work underpins critical functions across Recruitment and Admissions, Student Services supporting a range of Professional Services directorates. From streamlining enquiries and application processes to enhancing case management and student engagement, we create user-focused systems that help staff work more efficiently and empower students with better access to support.

We champion modern, low-code approaches supplemented by custom development where appropriate, working closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into scalable, secure and intuitive digital solutions. Joining the SRM Team means contributing to high-impact projects that directly improve the experience of learners and colleagues throughout the University.

You will be supporting and enhancing existing solutions, along with developing new functionality on top of our existing investment in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. We practise modern development in an agile environment and are test‑first (TDD) where possible. We utilise a range of bespoke development and 3rd party products to deliver our full suite of applications, mainly on Microsoft and Azure cloud technologies.

This is an exciting role within the University, and you will have the opportunity to develop many new skills whilst working within a dynamic team with an exciting delivery roadmap.

• Develop, maintain and support applications, solutions and services within the SRM team remit, ensuring high performance, reliability and security.
• Lead on the design, development, delivery and maintenance of advanced customisations, integrations and extensions within Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and Agile teams to translate functional requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Apply established engineering practices including CI/CD via Azure Dev Ops, solution versioning, automated testing, and robust documentation.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose issues across environments using tools such as Plugin Trace Logs, Xrm Tool Box  diagnostics, and Azure Application Insights.
• Ensure solutions align with Microsoft best practices, Power Platform governance, and enterprise architectural standards.

The key skills we are looking for include:

• Strong experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform
• Hands on CE/CRM development projects
• Standards based Web technologies including HTML, CSS and Java Script
• SQL Server and/or Oracle experience
• Microsoft Azure knowledge

Other skills and experience which would be beneficial are:

• Utilising 3rd party or internal API's within Power Automate solutions
• Using SharePoint for document storage
• MS Office development
• Dynamics
  365 Plugins
• JIRA / Confluence
• Working in an Agile environment

• To apply, please…