Our Central Services Directorate is at the heart of the bank, providing vital services such as IT, HR and Procurement, which enable colleagues across the organisation to thrive. This role is an exciting opportunity for a technical expert to join the newly established Optimisation Unit to deliver and enhance products in the Power Platform ecosystem, streamlining processes, driving automation, and improving operational efficiency across Central Services. If you're passionate about combining technical expertise with impactful service design, this role offers the chance to shape the future of digital optimisation in a purpose-driven environment. Role Requirements The Senior Power Platform Engineer is expected to work with colleagues across Central Services to identify areas of opportunity, provide technical expertise for the platforms and deliver technical solutions. They will also work closely with the central Power Platform Team, to ensure awareness and compliance with Power Platform governance in the Bank and to follow and disseminate best practices within Central Services. The role requires good levels of development competency, experience in Agile and DevOps methodologies and the ability to inform best practice design. It will also require mentoring and peer reviewing along with advising on more complex operational incidents and problems. Minimum Criteria In terms of behaviours, we're looking for someone who will bring the following to the team: A high level of integrity, organisation and self-motivation with a desire for self-improvement The ability to build effective working relationships with others and provide challenge where appropriate Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Attention to detail with the ability to craft concise, informational user documentation Researching and developing solutions that expand, modernise or improve the service and technology portfolios, automate IT operations, reduce costs or increase levels of service, to demonstrate technical ownership Essential Criteria We are interested in hearing from candidates who have the following capabilities: Minimum of two years' experience working with Microsoft D365 and Power Platform including Power Apps and Automate In-depth experience of solution delivery using the full Software Development Lifecycle. This should include experience of working with the Agile and DevOps methodologies working with continuous delivery, automatic regression testing, TDD and monitoring Experience in programming custom .NET workflows and plug-ins Good knowledge of Power Pages and Power BI Good knowledge of Azure cloud platform especially Logic Apps, Functions and Service Bus Good knowledge of agile delivery methodologies as associated toolsets such as Jira Knowledge of CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps toolchains Desirable Criteria It would also be beneficial, but not necessary, to have some of the following: Excellent .NET and C# skills Excellent JavaScript skills Knowledge of ITIL framework (understanding of Incident, Problem, Change) Don't hesitate to apply if you don't meet all the criteria. We value diverse perspectives and believe that different backgrounds can contribute to our team's success. How this role fits into the technology team: The Senior Power Platform Engineer works for the Optimisation Unit in Central Services with a secondary reporting line into the Power Platform Team, within the Digital Enterprise Services Domain, of the DGCIO Central Services Division in Technology. Microsoft Power Platform is one of the Bank's strategic tools. Your first three months will be spent working closely with the Power Platform Team to align your ways of working and get a good understanding of best practice and guidelines. You will commit to attending monthly sessions with the central Power Platform Team, and represent your area at forums where you will demonstrate achievements. A certain amount of your time will be committed to assisting on evergreen platform tasks such as Wave release testing and product roadmaps Where appropriate, you will attend centrally organised training to maintain high level of product understanding. Our Approach to Inclusion The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve. At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public. We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed. For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders. Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application. Salary and Benefits Information The salary for this role is, London, £61,440 - £69,120 and Leeds, £55,280 - £62,190 per annum. In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below: Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time. A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool. An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits. 26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits. Private medical insurance and income protection. National Security Vetting Process Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice. The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis. The Application Process Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process. The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages. This role closes on 31st August 2025. Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.