Lead Technical Specialist - Allegro

Base Location: Reading, Havant or Perth

Salary: £69,105 - £81,406 and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

As the Allegro Technical Specialist within Energy Markets IT, you'll join the Front Office (Access to Markets) value stream where you'll play a key role in delivering a range of technical services for the Allegro platform.

Allegro is the key platinum service used by the energy traders 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is our primary Platinum service, hosted on the SSE cloud platform. Allegro is the central repository for capturing trades within SSE's Energy Markets business and manages the workflow of trades through the complete lifecycle. 

You will provide guidance and direction on Allegro specific technical changes and operational support, including assurance of service transition during the DevOps cycle. You will work closely with the Product Owner and Delivery Lead to support the delivery of the Allegro service. Your knowledge and influence will facilitate the ongoing maintenance and development of the key Allegro components.

You will

- Design, build, test, automate, monitor and support significant components of the Allegro Platform across production and non-production environments.

- Manage 3rd Party ION relationship and technical reviews of upcoming releases, representing SSE at industry conferences and events.

- Apply your experience of Azure cloud computing of the Allegro platform.

- Provide the focal point for advice, guidance and technical input of own area through knowledge transfer, one to one workshops and mentoring of other team members as required.

- Manage major IT incidents to resolution within defined SLAs and utilise problem management to avoid repeat occurrences.

You have

- Expert technical knowledge of the Allegro Platform (ETRM) as well as API Integration with 3rd party exchanges.

- Confident with large scale, complex Enterprise applications. Allegro or similar ETRM experience is preferable.

- Multiple Agile environment full SDLC under your belt from a DevOps Engineering perspective with a preference for building applications with Azure experience or other DevOps tools such as Git/Github.

- Experience in Build & Release Management, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD), ideally using Azure DevOps (pipelines, repos, releases) to release software to production.

- Knowledge of deployments using Infrastructure as Code in Terraform and ARM templates.

About SSE

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. Our investment will see us build the world's largest offshore wind farm and transform the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions.

Our IT division powers growth across all SSE business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low carbon world. They provide expertise, advice and day-to-day support in emerging technologies, data and analytics, cyber security and more.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact David on David.Brickell@sse.com / 01738 275846 to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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