About the Role
Genomics England is seeking a seasoned Dynamics 365 Engineer to design, engineer, and deliver high-quality D365 and Power Platform solutions. This hands-on role offers autonomy and ownership, with the opportunity to be the in-house engineering SME, guiding technical design and influencing platform evolution. The role is central to shaping architecture, building features, and providing platform direction for internal systems that power research and clinical programs.
Responsibilities
- Be the technical lead and subject matter expert for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) and the Power Platform.
- Liaise with third-party partners and vendors to assess solutions and review technical proposals.
- Collaborate with internal product managers, architects, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Provide regular and timely updates and reporting to stakeholders.
- Prioritize tasks based on business priority, critical path, and resource considerations.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain custom components including plugins, workflows, Cloud Flows, and PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) controls.
- Develop Power Apps, Power Automate Cloud Flows, Canvas Apps, and Power Pages.
- Secure and manage D365 portals, utilizing appropriate authentication models and user roles.
- Proactively troubleshoot and triage issues across D365, Power Automate Cloud Flows, SharePoint, AWS integrations, and other connected services.
- Provide proactive and reactive operational support, minimizing need where possible and simplifying delivery through effective logging, monitoring, and knowledge transfer.
- Stay current with Microsoft wave releases, assessing impact, and leading technical change management.
- Contribute to internal platform governance and documentation.
- Provide support to internal processes such as release management and design forums.
Requirements
- Significant commercial engineering experience.
- Proven track record of designing, engineering, and delivering high-quality D365 and Power Platform solutions end to end across complex enterprise environments.
- Experience managing technical delivery across delivery partners.
- Ability to confidently communicate with stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
- Deep understanding and expertise of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem, its component modules, and underlying architecture.
- Demonstrable commercial experience engineering and delivering Dynamics 365 solutions end to end.
- Experience configuring, customizing, and extending D365, including plugins, workflows, and integrations.
- Experienced using PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) to create and customize code components / PCF controls.
- Proficient in Power Apps for custom application development, including Canvas Apps.
- Proficient in Power Automate (Flow) for process automation, including advanced expressions, custom connectors, and integration with applications.
- Demonstrable skills in front-end software development using JavaScript.
- Experience with client-side development frameworks such as React, Angular, and TypeScript.
- Strong familiarity with SharePoint Online and Dataverse.
- Experienced with Power BI for reporting.
- Good understanding of legacy process workflows.
- Understanding of Power Platform features and concepts including the Common Data Service (CDS) and Common Data Model (CDM).
- Experience operating in environments handling sensitive or regulated data.
- Experience working with AWS and integrating it with D365.
- Exposure to environment strategy and ALM accelerators at scale.
- Applicants must disclose any previous offenses at point of application.
- Successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Skills
- Dynamics 365
- Power Platform
- JavaScript
- React
- Angular
- TypeScript
- SharePoint Online
- Dataverse
- Power BI
- AWS integration
- Plugins
- Workflows
- Cloud Flows
- PowerApps Component Framework (PCF)
- Canvas Apps
- Power Automate
- Custom Connectors
- Power Pages
- Authentication models
- User roles
- D365 portals
- Microsoft wave releases
- Release management
- Design forums
Location
- London
Work Type
- Blended working model
- Fixed Term Contract
Experience Level
- Senior
- Seasoned
Education Level
- Microsoft Power Platform or Dynamics 365 certifications, especially PL-600
Salary/Compensations
- £71,500
Benefits
- 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
- Additional leave for long service
- Option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually
- Blended working arrangements
- Flexible working
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits
- Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%)
- Life Assurance (3x salary)
- Give As You Earn scheme
- Individual learning budgets
- Support for training and certifications
- Reimbursement for one annual professional subscription
- Employee recognition programme
- Referral scheme
- Subsidised gym membership
- Free Headspace account
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye tests
- Flu jabs
About the Company
- Genomics England is a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research, focused on creating a world where everyone benefits from genomic healthcare.
- Building on the 100,000 Genomes Project, we support the NHS’s world-first national whole genome sequencing service and run the growing National Genomic Research Library, alongside delivering numerous major genomics initiatives.
- By connecting research and clinical care at national scale, we enable immediate healthcare benefits and advances for the future.
- Our mission is to provide the evidence and digital systems so that by 2035 genomics could play a role in up to half of all healthcare interactions, whilst securing the UK’s position as the best place to discover, prove and benefit from genomic innovations.
- We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.
- Behind the Healthcare and Research outcomes, Genomics England delivers through designing, developing and operating complex healthcare software systems.
- We're on the cusp of big changes with the real prospect of genomics becoming the fabric of everyday healthcare through the lifetime - from birth to old age.
Equal Opportunity
- Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence.
- We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.
- Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.
- Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work.
- We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes.
- Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us.
