Senior Cloud Engineer (SRE)

Base Location: Reading, Glasgow, Havant and Perth

Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time

The role

As a senior member of the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team within the central Group IT Cloud team you would contribute to the delivery of cloud services delivered within SSE, the primary objectives are to help teams across the organisation adopt our cloud platform, providing best practice information and support; and to help improve our services through monitoring & automation. The role will provide the opportunity to be part of SSE's digital transformation and migration of applications to Cloud, ensuring the platform achieves the target standards of efficiency, resilience and availability required by the organisation.

This is a key role providing the right candidate the opportunity to contribute to projects across a number of areas and cloud platforms.
As a team player, you will work closely with a team of strategists, architects, and engineers to craft technical solutions that accelerate our business.

You will

• Take a technical leadership role within the team to help drive platform adoption, reduction of support issues and mentor members of the team.
• Identify and progress opportunities to drive continuous improvement across the team, delivery, and operational practices.
• Ensure all architecture and Cloud infrastructure accommodates the latest security and software lifecycle patterns.
• Support stakeholders to adopt and leverage the latest Cloud Native Application Architecture patterns, delivering scalable, resilient, and performant solutions. Acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, be able to provide regular progress updates and flag any issues accordingly.
• Provide support and best practice guidance for application teams on adopting our platforms.

You have

• Understanding of Amazon AWS  from an infrastructure/platform perspective and Cloud Native Architectures is essential, knowledge of Microsoft Azure is desirable but not essential. A Cloud Certification in either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure is desirable, but not essential.
• Knowledge of Operating Systems (Windows and/or Linux), Monitoring/Observability tooling and Networking Principles is desirable, but not essential.
• Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of operational support best practices and processes.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and the ability to write software scripts in at least one general-purpose programming or scripting language (for example: Python, Powershell, Bash).
• Strong communication skills to be able to collaborate with teams across the organisation to help support SSE's cloud adoption and to help mentor members of the team.

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.Brickell@sse.com / 01738 275 846 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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