Location of Role: North Kent / Chelmsford
Advert Closing Date: 07/08/2026
Starting Salary: £41,856.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)
Part/Full Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Mon-Fri
Weekend/Evening Working: No
Essex Police and Kent Police IT Services are looking for a keen and enthusiastic Senior Engineer to join our End User Development team.
The team is leading on several large platforms which support the underlying IT infrastructure of Essex Police and Kent Police. These include the core client operating system, Azure Platform, Active Directory / Entra ID and Software Centre Configuration Manager. We have a variety of specific skills sets that we are seeking from applicants – to bolster the skills in the team & to meet the demands of the programme-of-work. This is a challenging role that requires the successful candidate to work as part of a team to deliver on a wide range of EUC transitional activities using the appropriate assurance processes.
The post holder must evidence in their application:
- Experience of Exchange administration
- Experience of Active Directory and Entra ID administration
- The ability to work within a fast paced, and pressurised environment as well as the ability to work remotely with tight timescales, prioritise your workloads and use own initiative.
- Demonstrates strong troubleshooting expertise and sound decision-making skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
In addition, it would be desirable if you could evidence your experience in any of our specific technology areas:
- Experience of Mobile Device Management administration – particularly Microsoft Intune.
- Experience of Identity & Access Management Principles and Practices.
- Experience of Cyber Security principles and practices, including the administration and use of Microsoft Defender and SIEM tools.
- Experience of Application Packaging Principles and Practices.
There will be opportunities for development and training.
Part of the EUC Development role is packaging applications for use across the organisation - as it currently stands, we develop and support applications that are used widely across the organisation that are either used infrequently or act as interdependencies for other applications. In addition to this, the team develop and support the core Azure infrastructure platform, underpinning the cloud operations and current intense focus upon development and migration to cloud platforms. The successful candidate will be very much involved in the team’s delivery and maintenance of client software, the development and support of our Azure platform; as well as other project work.
EUC Development continues to work on delivering solutions that enable the organisation to provide effective and efficient working practices that act as an enabler for police officers and police staff alike. The most important underlying principles of delivering on this ambition is to ensure that the platform is secure and functional. With an ever-growing technology stack, cyber security plays an essential role in the delivery of every technical solution. As such, the team has a requirement to operate a mandatory on-call rota, for which an allowance is paid, and successful applicants will join after a period of integration.
At Kent Police and Essex Police, you'll be part of a friendly, diverse and supportive team within one of the UK's largest police collaborations. While we are a large organisation, we maintain a close-knit culture where teamwork, innovation and personal contribution are valued.
We offer;
- Flexible working and flexi-time arrangements,
- Generous annual leave
- Attractive pension schemes
- Wellbeing support services
- Access to a range of recreational and staff benefits.
Most importantly, the work you do will have a real impact. By helping to improve services and technology across the organisation, you'll contribute to greater efficiency, support frontline policing, and help keep our communities safe. This is a rewarding opportunity to develop your career while making a meaningful difference to the public we serve.
For further information about this role, please contact Mark Thomsett, [email protected].
Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £49,716.00.
Kent Police and Essex Police have separate salary grading systems therefore the salary for this position will be dependent on which home office force you are appointed to. This will be discussed with the successful applicant before a final offer is made.
Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CV’s, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.
All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.
Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.
Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at [email protected] stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833. Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.
If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.
Essex Police is a Disability Confident Leader, we:
- have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to external challenge and validation
- are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At Essex Police we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.
Through the dedicated commitment of our support networks, DE&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our DE&I commitments, ensuring Essex Police is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.
Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.
