Power Platform Engineer
On site
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Freelance
17-04-2025
Job Specifications
About
Power Platform Engineer - Milton Keynes (1 day a week) - £45,000-£57,000
All applicants must hold an active SC clearance.
My client is a global leading defence contractor. They are on the hunt for a Platform Engineer with strong experience in Microsoft Power Platform. You will be part on the Central Government Team.
Requirements
Microsoft Power Platform Experience in a number of the following technologies: Java, Springboot, Jenkins, Typescript, React, PostGres, SQL Server, Kafka, ActiveMQ, ElasticSearch, AWS, Ansible, WSO2, REST, Docker, API Gateways, JavaScript, Mongo. Central government experience is beneficial Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, they also offer employee share plan, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits including a green care scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
Power Platform Engineer - Milton Keynes (1 day a week) - £45,000-£57,000
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Nice-to-have skills
Java
Jenkins
TypeScript
React
SQL Server
Kafka
ActiveMQ
Elasticsearch
AWS
Ansible
REST
Docker
JavaScript
Milton Keynes, England
Work experience
DevOps
Fullstack
Languages
English
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