Senior DevOps Engineer; Sharepoint

Location:

Manchester Salary: 43,149 - 47,665 per year Employment:
Full time Category:
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The Role

Working hours:

35 hours per week
Contract type:
Temporary for 12 months
Working style:
Hybrid
Closing date: 11.59pm, 30 October 2026
Interview method: in person

You must already have a valid right to work in the UK documentation, as we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Manchester City Council is one of the largest and most ambitious local authorities in the UK, delivering services that make a real difference to the lives of our residents, businesses and communities. As a Senior SharePoint Developer, you'll play a key role in helping modernise the Council's digital workplace, shaping how thousands of colleagues collaborate, share information and deliver services.
This is an exciting opportunity to help review and transform a large and complex SharePoint and Microsoft 365 estate, ensuring it is secure, accessible, user-focused and fit for the future.

You'll work with a wide range of services across the Council, leading the design and implementation of modern collaboration solutions while helping to introduce new capabilities including automation, AI-powered tools and emerging Microsoft technologies. This work will be part of the development of an Employee Experience platform with Knowledge Management and Microsoft's Modern Intranet architecture, based on Sharepoint at the heart of it.
This will include working helping develop an Employee Experience platform which will include Knowledge Management in there and also Microsoft's Modern Intranet architecture based on SharePoint to focus on the direction of travel.
If you're passionate about driving digital transformation, improving user experiences and helping organisations make the most of Microsoft 365, we'd love to hear from you.
You'll be working with in a project team of technical professionals helping to deliver a modern, secure and efficient digital workplace across Manchester City Council.
You'll provide technical leadership on the review, rationalisation and modernisation of the Council's SharePoint estate, helping to improve information management, collaboration and service delivery. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you'll design practical solutions that support the Council's wider digital transformation ambitions while ensuring services remain reliable, accessible and easy to use.
The role offers the opportunity to work on a variety of high-profile projects, gain exposure to the latest Microsoft 365, Power Platform and AI technologies, and help shape how the Council uses digital tools to support its workforce and deliver better outcomes for residents. You'll also have the opportunity to broaden your skills and experience whilst working within a supportive team environment that values innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.
For an informal discussion, please contact the Ben Hall at [email protected] to arrange a convenient time to discuss the role.

Pre-employment checks
If you are successful, your appointment will be subject to completing the relevant pre-employment checks. These checks will be carried out as part of our recruitment process and includes:
BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) clearance - this post is subject to BPSS checks. You will therefore be required to consent to and comply with BPSS checking requirements prior to commencing in this post. This check involves verification of identity; nationality and immigration status; employment history (past 3 years) and basic criminal record check.

Satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks where applicable.

For more information on these checks, please visit checks page.

About the Candidate

We're looking for a Senior SharePoint Developer who is passionate about helping organisations get the most from Microsoft 365 technologies. You will play a key role in reviewing and modernising the Council's SharePoint estate, helping shape future ways of working and supporting the adoption of modern collaboration, automation and AI-enabled solutions. This is an excellent opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programme and consolidate and build your skills in core Microsoft technologies.

Essential requirements for the role:  
Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience in:
SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 administration, development or support.

Designing and implementing SharePoint…