Full-time vacancy
FTC/Secondment: 12 months from start date
Exciting challenges lie ahead – new digital technologies and alternative ways of working are transforming the way we protect our communities and bring people to justice. We recognise that continued training and professional development is important and we aim to continue to improve on your capabilities.
As a Systems Engineer within the Platform as a Service team, you will be responsible for the configuration and support across a variety of on premise and cloud-based platform technologies such as Identity and Access Management, Messaging, Microsoft 365 and Azure.
Your role is to support our business-as-usual initiative by working collaboratively with other teams and ensuring regular maintenance activities are carried out and completed on time whilst also providing incident/request/problem support within the agreed service levels within the ITIL Framework. You will possess excellent problem-solving skills to investigate, diagnose and rectify issues relating to infrastructure services.
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience in supporting identity and security related technologies such as Active Directory, Certificate Services, MS Entra ID, Entra Connect, AD FS, and SailPoint IdentityNow
- Experience in the support and administration of the Microsoft collaboration stack for products such as Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Exchange & SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive for Business
- Good Understanding of Azure Services and cost optimisation
- First-hand knowledge in supporting large complex infrastructure environments
- Good understanding of IT Health check vulnerability assessments and remediation activities
- Experience with cloud-based Infrastructure Management and automation tools such as Azure Security Centre, Azure Sentinel, Log Analytics, Advanced Threat Protection and ServiceNow
This is a hybrid role, based at either Kidlington or Southampton. Applicants need to live within 2 hours of the base location due to the call out requirement.
Capability to travel across the Force is required in order to undertake assignments in a timely manner and work flexibly. Due to unsocial hours and personal safety for lone working public transport may not be suitable. For this reason, a full driving license is considered essential for this role.
If you are a permanent member of staff applying for this role, please note it will be offered on a secondment basis. Important: All secondments must be supported in writing by your Line Manager and Head of Department/Commander or Deputy. Please attach written approval from your line manager and Head of Department in your application. If the secondment is not supported then the role may be offered on a fixed term contract basis, but this has implications including loss of continuous service protections.
Please note: Shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from the previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role for the duration of the secondment.
Please attach a CV to apply for this role
If you have not held residency in the UK for the last 5 years, we will not be able to process an application from you.
If you have any queries, please contact the Recruitment Team at RecruitmentstaffICT@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting reference 24008. We will endeavour to respond to your query as quickly as possible.
The closing date for enquiries and receipt of completed applications is Sunday 15th November 2026.
