Cloud Architect

SSE is a leading energy company in a low-carbon world, with significant growth plans and a commitment to building a sustainable and inclusive future. As a member of the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team within Cloud, you will contribute to the delivery of cloud services across the organisation, providing best practice information and support, and helping to improve services through monitoring and automation.

• Ensure all architecture and cloud infrastructure accommodates the latest security and software lifecycle patterns.
• Partner with Product owners and management to manage and clearly articulate demand planning and delivery against the projected backlog and book of work.

• Understanding of either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure and Cloud Native Architectures is essential. A Cloud Certification in either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure is desirable, but not essential.
• Knowledge of Operating Systems (Windows and/or Linux) is desirable, but not essential.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and the ability to write software scripts in at least one general-purpose programming language (Python, Go, Java).
• Strong communication skills to be able to collaborate with teams across the organisation to help support SSE's cloud adoption.

SSE IT underpins the technology needs of all the different businesses that make up the SSE group. From emerging technologies to data and analytics to cyber security - we power SSE's growth and enable it to generate value, while keeping it secure. As a trusted business partner that helps SSE lead in a low-carbon world, we are proud of our service. Working for SSE IT is all about equipping SSE for now and the future.