Technical Specialist Architect - SAP Business Objects (Ref:88222)
Ministry of Justice
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Technical Specialist Architect - SAP Business Objects
Location: National*
Closing Date: 7th July
Interviews: 17/18 July
Grade: G7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: London: £58,847 - £66,670 (which may include an allowance of up to £4,828)
National: £54,358 - £61,585 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,517)
Working pattern: Full time - plus out-of-hours support and maintenance work as necessary, arranged on a rota system
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 88222
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for Technical Specialist Architects specialising in SAP Business Objects here at Justice Digital to be part of our warm and collaborative National Applications Reporting Team working across HMPPS.
We are building a team of specialists to maintain Business Objects across HMPPS reporting applications and provide live service support to our teams of report writers and end users.
This role aligns against the Lead application operations engineer from the Government Digital and Data Framework.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025.
The Team
The National Applications Reporting Team (NART) is a small but dynamic team with good working relationships across many HMPPS digital projects within the MOJ. We are part of the HMPPS Digital Studio within MOJ Digital and Technology and support the Reporting Functions of 3 national case management systems and will support new digital products when required.
The reporting systems underpin the management of offenders through their journey and have a total of approximately 70,000 end‐users across all public and private establishments and probation providers, as well as HQ offices.
The team covers a range of technology with a good understanding of the business processes and data which underpin this, and regularly adapt to many interesting and varied requests.
Our Community
We currently have over 150 experienced developers who make up the engineering community across the MoJ. You will coach and mentor junior colleagues and take part in informal support networks with your peers. You will be encouraged to play an active role in the engineering community and culture.
We take the responsibility of supportive and effective line management very seriously. We will value the skills you bring to the civil service and help you to build on them. When the time is right we will support moving between teams or government departments to learn different technologies, or take on more responsibility, according to your career goals.
Take a look at our developer blog and Justice Digital blog to get a sense of our work and culture.
Key Responsibilities
As a Technical Specialist Architect at Justice Digital your duties would include:
maintaining and supporting Business Objects software, processes and environments, including patching and upgrades.
ensuring the system is available and reliable for end users, including daily health checks and using your technical expertise to resolve live service incidents.
working outside of core hours when required, to support live service and deploy updates.
reviewing core application changes with the appropriate teams and investigating and feeding back on the impact these may have on the Reporting system.
developing and deploying changes through an agile release process to align the reporting tools to our core applications (for example when tables, fields and processes are added or amended)
maintaining and developing structured technical documentation to provide transparency and maintain knowledge across the team.
sharing your own knowledge and working alongside existing members of the team to help their development and understanding.
delivering continuous improvements to processes and outputs, e.g., to data quality and output consistency.
validation and quality assurance of new or updated functionality within the system.
providing specialist, technical advice on how the various reporting systems can be rationalised and interfaced with new digital services.
working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to understand and meet business requirements.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Person Specification
Knowledge of SAP Business Objects Enterprise administration and environment configuration within a cloud environment.
Experience with Business Objects Data Services (BODS), or experience with similar ETL process and Data Warehousing.
Able to support our existing Report Writers to create and maintain reports within Business Objects Web Intelligence, Business Objects universe design changes, and SQL data extracts (we use Oracle SQL).
Reporting database structures e.g. star schemas, fact and dimension tables.
Ability to communicate and collaborate between the technical and the non-technical to manage stakeholders’ expectations and be flexible, proactive and reactive communication.
Align your team’s work with department and government technology strategy, participating in strategic technical collaborations and challenging previous ways of working where needed.
Ability to review requirements, specifications and define test conditions. Able to identify issues and risks associated with work whilst being able to analyse and report test activities and results.
Problem resolution - hands on experience of ensuring the most appropriate actions are taken to resolve problems as they occur. Works with team to resolve problems and implement solutions and preventative measures.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
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Benefits
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
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How to Apply
Candidates must submit a CV and an optional Statement of Suitability (Up to 750 words) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
Communicating and influencing
Changing and improving
Developing self and others
Managing a quality service
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 60-minute panel interview held via video conference.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on recent experience as a Developer will be conducted prior to the sift.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for, but demonstrated the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and potentially offer you the position without the need for a further application.
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Terms & Conditions
Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
- Telephone : 0845 241 5359
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- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
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