Foundry System Administrator
Post Title: Foundry System Administrator
Contract type: Permanent
Rank/grade: D
Salary: Starting Salary £37,190 + £6,920 London Weighting
Directorate/department: NLF/Enabling Services
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: Guildhall Yard East
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff Member, you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the city.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those who are disabled, have long-term health conditions, and/or are neurodivergent, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
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About the role
The System Administrator role plays a critical role in managing and evolving the Palantir Foundry platform instance used by the City of London Police (CoLP) to support the national response to fraud and cybercrime. The role ensures that CoLP retains the operational autonomy to manage data, workflows, permissions, and outputs on the platform without depending on the Service Desk for day-to-day support.
This role combines platform ownership and technical administration, with an emphasis on enabling crime report dissemination, ensuring platform compliance, and optimising business workflows.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Act as the primary administrator for the Foundry – managing user access, permissions, configurations, and basic system health monitoring
- Ensure data quality and compliance by managing version control, validating datasets, and overseeing audit logs and retention policies
- Maintain and optimise platform workflows, templates, tags, SLAs, and entity records to support evolving operational needs
- Coordinate closely with the CoLP Information Security team to ensure adherence to security protocols
- Maintain and update documentation related to configuration, access control, and operational processes
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have experience of:
- Platform administration, including managing user access and system configurations
- Familiarity with Palantir Foundry or similar data analytics platforms used in public sector or secure environments
- Experience delivering technology solutions in policing, public safety, or criminal justice domains
- Basic understanding of data security, governance, and compliance (e.g., GDPR, law enforcement data handling)
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to discuss the role, please contact: Steve Tyas @ Steve.Tyas@cityoflondon.police.uk
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is Friday 6th February 2026 @ 5PM
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, anticipated to be held week commencing 16th February 2026
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Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
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- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service
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