SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £20.5 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come.
Join us on our journey to net zero and help us power change.
About the Role:
Base Location: Glasgow, Reading, Havant or Thatcham
Salary: £65,752 - £76,366 and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
The Environment and Release Manager role provides leadership and accountability for all CI/CD and project led deliverables for our core applications. They will use their knowledge to agree and document an environment and release strategy to govern and manage the requirements for Infrastructure and Application Development within the Azure Cloud Infrastructure. This will require the development of schedules, coordinating changes, releases and deployments in a complex technology landscape, managing integrated environments with high levels of automation.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead and govern the technical release processes required to implement changes to our core applications whilst assuring the quality of deliverables.
- Responsible for agreeing and documenting the release schedule for each application, working with the support teams and wider stakeholders.
- Reviewing, developing and managing the DevOps repositories, pipeline, code branching, with version control and governance.
- Leading technical team members and driving changes to meet the requirements as set out in the environment and release strategy.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we require someone with extensive experience working within complex environments, have strong interpersonal skills to be able to collaborate with both technical and non technical team members and stakeholders at multiple levels, to be able to pull together the information required to be successful. This requires a high level understanding of Azure Cloud infrastructure and technologies and may require some hands on technical support, however this is mostly a management role. A systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving is also required with demonstrable leadership, great communication skills, in particular: project planning, presenting, collaborating and partnering with stakeholders.
- Development experience with managing multiple release streams across multiple applications utilizing: YAML, SSDT and DevOps tools.
- Demonstrable experience working on major projects within a Cloud Infrastructure environment.
About our Business
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.
What's in it for you?
An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
Further actions
All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact David on David.brickell@sse.com / 01738 275846.
Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.
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Our Benefits
Sharesave Scheme
34 days of annual leave
Option to purchase up to 10 days holiday
Interest-free technology loans
24/7 free and confidential employee counselling service
Private healthcare discounts
Subsidised gym memberships
21 weeks full pay maternity leave
Cycle to Work scheme with generous £2500 limit
Interest-free salary advance to cover transport season tickets
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