Cloud Infrastructure Architect for Low Carbon Transformation

1 month ago


Perth, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Full time

SSE is driving innovation in the energy sector to create a more sustainable future.

About SSE

With significant investment in low carbon projects, we aim to be a leading energy company. Our growth plans are focused on building a world that's more environmentally friendly and inclusive.

Role Overview

This permanent full-time position is based in Reading, Havant, Glasgow or Perth. The salary range is £33,500 - £50,300, plus a performance-related bonus and comprehensive benefits package.

About the Job

You will join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team in Cloud, contributing to the delivery of core cloud services within SSE. Your primary objectives will be to help teams across the organisation adopt our cloud platform, providing best practice information and support, and improving our services through monitoring & automation.

The role provides an opportunity to be part of SSE's digital transformation and cloud migration journey, ensuring the platform meets target standards of efficiency, resilience, and availability required by the organisation.

This focus area is on the core cloud platform and associated infrastructure, allowing you to contribute to infrastructure projects across various services and cloud platforms.

  • Collaborate to reduce operational risk within the core cloud platform.
  • Partner with Product owners and management to manage demand planning and delivery against the projected backlog and book of work.
Key Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will need:

  1. An 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.
  2. Knowledge of Operating Systems (Windows and/or Linux) is desirable but not essential.
  3. The ability to write software scripts in at least one general-purpose programming language (Bash, PowerShell, Python) or develop automation in one configuration tool (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
  4. Strong communication skills to collaborate with teams across the organisation to support SSE's cloud adoption.
About our IT Services

SSE IT underpins the technology needs of all businesses within the SSE group, from emerging technologies to data analytics and cyber security. We power SSE's growth and enable it to generate value while keeping it secure. Working for SSE IT is about equipping SSE for now and the future.

Benefits

We offer an excellent package including 34 days annual leave entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, and more. View our full benefits package on our careers site.

Further Actions

All applications should be made online. We will be in touch after the vacancy closing date to inform you of the outcome.



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