Senior DevOps Engineer

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Reading or Havant

Salary: £61,620 - £72,592 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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

The Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at ECS, you will play a key role in delivering data and application solutions to support Business Energy. Working in an Agile environment, you will design and optimise Azure infrastructure, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and provide support for real-time systems. You will also contribute to AI and automation initiatives, ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient solutions that drive innovation and operational excellence across the organisation.

You Will

• Demonstrate the ability to analyse complex problems and design effective solutions, showcasing strong analytical and design skills.
• Have a proven track record of delivering scaled end-to-end complex solutions, including designing, building, testing, automating, and monitoring using a modern tech stack in a production environment.
• Gain hands-on experience with business-critical systems in medium to large organisations, ensuring reliability and performance in high-stakes environments.
• Possess extensive experience in environments that follow DevOps principles, with a strong working knowledge of DevOps tools to streamline development and operations processes.
• Work closely with the Product Owner, Delivery Manager, and stakeholders to analyse requirements and deliver comprehensive business solutions.

You Have

• Designed, implemented, and maintained scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Microsoft Azure, including serverless solutions and integrations with Azure Functions, Service Bus, and Logic Apps.
• Developed robust applications with C#.net, Core.net, RESTful or GraphQL, Power Apps, and demonstrated extensive .NET development experience.
• Managed Build & Release processes, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), and supported production releases using Azure DevOps and monitoring tools.
• Proficient in containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), as well as configuring Azure Front Door, Application Gateways, ASEs, APIMs, and related technologies.
• Applied infrastructure and application security monitoring with tools such as Qualys, CrowdStrike, or NewRelic, and utilised code quality testing tools like SonarQube Cloud.

About SSE

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

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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