Overview

Senior SharePoint Document Management Migration Engineer (12-month FTC/Secondment) role at Bank of England. This fixed-term 12-month contract involves supporting the migration from a legacy toolset to M365, primarily using SharePoint for document management, with Microsoft Purview extended by a custom Azure Cloud solution for records management. The role may include on-call support during evenings and weekends and offers flexible working patterns including job share, flexible start/end times, and compressed hours.

Base pay range

Scale F; FTC 12 months; Full time; Location: Leeds or London

Job Description

This is a fixed-term 12-month contract role. We are seeking a knowledgeable M365 specialist to support our approach to document and records management. The Bank is migrating to M365 with SharePoint for document management and will use Microsoft Purview with a custom Azure solution to meet records management requirements. The successful candidates will support the organisation during and after deployment and participate in an on-call support rotation covering evenings and weekends.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about empowering people to be more productive and delivering a modern workplace at pace. It offers an opportunity to contribute to a significant UK institution.

Flexible working arrangements

• Job share
• Flexible start and end times
• Compressed hours
• 40% in-office attendance requirement, which can be spread across the month (e.g., to accommodate travel and weekly train tickets)

Opportunities in Leeds

We are growing our presence in Leeds with a modern, accessible office in the City Centre. Roles, including this one, are available in Leeds with hybrid collaboration with London-based colleagues, and opportunities to travel to the London office.

A day in the role

Typical day includes stand-up, advising 1st/2nd line on SharePoint Online and Teams tickets, attending weekly operations meetings, providing guidance on new features, handling support calls, and documenting fixes for knowledge sharing. The afternoon may involve investigating issues with sharing documents in Teams or raising cases with Microsoft to escalate issues.

Your responsibilities may adapt based on team needs and could include external vendor engagement, user training, continuous improvement initiatives, solution visibility through reporting and monitoring, and BAU support for SharePoint, Teams, and other M365 products.

Role Requirements

We are interested in candidates with demonstrable experience in the following areas:

• M365 suite including:
• Hybrid AD identity management
• Backups/restoration for Teams and SharePoint Online
• Large-scale migrations to SharePoint Online
• Microsoft Purview with:
• Record Labels and Policies
• Information Protection Sensitivity Labels

• Experience in a third-line support team with strong problem-solving and SLA adherence
• Documentation of solutions and knowledge base articles
• Managing support cases with external vendors

• Power Platform tools: Power Automate, Power Apps, PowerBI
• PowerShell scripting

• Networking, Azure services (Virtual Networks, Subnets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, Data Gateway)
• Key Vaults and Storage Accounts
• App Services, Function Apps, Azure SQL

We’re looking for someone who

• Embodies Bank values with a focus on diversity and inclusion
• Collaborates with stakeholders and technical teams with strong communication
• Documents solutions clearly for end users and IT colleagues
• Delivers work within SLAs and to a high standard
• Proactively fills knowledge gaps and is willing to work on-call

Beneficial, but not required

• Microsoft accreditations and/or experience with Document and Records Management
• SharePoint migration tools (e.g., ShareGate)
• Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
• ITIL practices and service management
• Data Rights Management
• Windows Server administration and Group Policy in hybrid AD
• On-call support experience

Note: If you do not meet all essential criteria, please still apply. The Bank has an ITIL Change Management process and critical live-system tasks may require occasional evenings/weekends. Payment for this is included in the base salary, with no additional remuneration.

How this Role Fits into the Wider Organisation

Part of the Digital Workplace domain, supporting the Bank’s digital transformation via documents and records management systems.

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion and aims to reflect the society it serves. We welcome flexible working, including job shares and part-time arrangements, and can provide adjustments for candidates in the recruitment process. Most roles can be performed with a minimum 40% in-office presence per month, with flexibility to arrange work patterns.

We are a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If applying under this scheme, indicate this in the Candidate Personal Information section.

Salary and Benefits

We offer flexible working and pro-rated salary and benefits for part-time roles. The package includes:

• Non-contributory career-average pension with various accrual options
• Discretionary performance award
• 8% benefits allowance, with flexible benefits
• 26 days of annual leave, with option to buy up to 12 additional days
• Private medical insurance and income protection

National Security Vetting

Role requires National Security Vetting clearance (typically 6–12 weeks post-offer) and additional Bank security checks. Details provided to successful applicant with privacy information in the Bank’s Privacy Notice.

The Bank is a UKVI-approved sponsor; sponsorship eligibility is case-by-case.

Application Process

Please complete the work history and all application questions. Applications are anonymised during screening. The role closes on Wednesday 8 October. The assessment comprises two interview stages. Apply online and ensure all mandatory questions are fully completed.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Finance

Industries

• Banking