SharePoint Developer

The Firm

HFW is a sector focused global law firm.  We have over 500 lawyers working across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  We take a progressive approach to our roles in commercial business – thinking creatively and pragmatically to support our clients.

Whether we are solving complex issues within the construction, aviation or shipping industries, or providing advice across insurance, commodities and energy we are specialist lawyers here to add value to our clients.  We think about the commercial solution first, and then underpin our advice with a solid foundation of legal expertise. 

The Department

HFW has a growing IT Department of 43 staff - 34 located in the London office, five in the Hong Kong office, two in the Melbourne office, one in the Dubai office and one in the Paris office.  There are currently eight in the IT Projects & Change team in the London office.

The Role

The SharePoint Developer will be responsible for a variety of project tasks and will work with other members of the Development team to deliver projects that will enhance the functionality of a SharePoint 2013-based intranet.  He/she will be responsible for the design and build of innovative web applications to ensure a great user experience for our customers.  The successful candidate will be a capable developer who is self-motivated and able to convert requirements into usable systems and code quickly and efficiently with minimal assistance and supervision but realise and acknowledge the need to seek guidance as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

The role will be varied and include:

1. Developing and supporting the firm's SharePoint platform.
2. Acting as the SharePoint subject matter expert.  Responsible for managing the day-to-day administration of the SharePoint farm, including monitoring troubleshooting and performance analysis.
3. Liaising with stakeholders at all levels of the business to define and develop intranet-based solutions to business problems.
4. Assisting with the upgrade of the existing 2013 system to SharePoint 2016.
5. Creating standard SharePoint content, eg. master pages, sites templates, ad hoc sites, list, libraries, workflows, content types, publishing pages, content query web parts, etc.
6. Developing and customising using out-of-the-box features, SharePoint Designer and InfoPath (eg. data views, custom pages/page layouts, master pages, style sheets, InfoPath forms etc).
7. Providing technical guidance in the technologies related to the development and support of an Enterprise SharePoint environment.  Responsible for the security of SharePoint and ensuring only the necessary people can access relevant content.
8. Working alongside the Operations team to use Active Directory for SharePoint user authentication.
9. Implementing appropriate testing and quality assurance.
10. Ensuring that all development work is accurately and thoroughly documented and that the firm's standards in regard to security, architecture and design are adhered to.
11. Providing training and documentation to content editors and end users.
12. Working with product vendors to apply fixes, updates and to fix faults.
13. Functional experience in all phases of the development life cycle and a proven consultative approach.
14. Assisting with 3rd line support where necessary.
15. Liaising appropriately with Operations, Service Desk and Change Management staff as appropriate to ensure a smooth deployment to live operation.
16. Working closely with all members of the IT Department to provide a complete and cohesive IT service to our customers.
17. Any other ad hoc duties as and when required.

Key Skills & Experience Required

The successful candidate will be a capable developer who is self motivated and able to convert requirements into usable systems and code quickly and efficiently with minimal assistance and supervision but realise and acknowledge the need to seek guidance as appropriate. 

The candidate must be able to deliver quality solutions to tight deadlines working in an open friendly but pressurised environment.

Experience of working collaboratively as part of a team of analysts and programmers, including use of version control, coding standards, testing and peer review.

Essential Skills

• A minimum of 3 years' relevant experience
• SharePoint 2010/2013/2016 (Essential)
• HTML (Essential)
• CSS (Essential)
• Javascript (Essential)
• Powershell (Essential)
• Visual Studio 2013/2015/2017 (Essential)

Desirable but not essential skills

• Understanding of SharePoint's REST API, JSOM and CSOM
• C#
• Workflow Development
• SQL
• Web Services
• SharePoint Designer

Personal

• Continually looking to improve skills and performance.

Additional Information

Kindly note that this job description is not contractual.  It will be reviewed periodically and may be amended or altered to meet the needs of the firm.

Due to the volume of applications, only those candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.