Cloud Engineer

The Cloud Engineer will contribute to the design and delivery of cloud services delivered within SSE, the primary objective is to drive cloud infrastructure enhancements, develop the toolchain and automation patterns required to empower transformation. 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 technical strategy and direction for the firm and the approach to delivering a multi-cloud architecture.

As a team player, you will work closely with a team of strategists, architects, subject matter experts, to craft technical solutions that accelerate our business.

- Partner with Product owners and management to manage and clearly articulate demand planning and delivery against the projected backlog and book of work.

- Design and develop automation, self-service and deployment frameworks in line with industry standard cloud patterns and practices.

- Identify and progress opportunities to drive continuous improvement across engineering, delivery, and operational practices.

- 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.

- Ensure all architecture and Cloud infrastructure accommodates the latest security and software lifecycle patterns.

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.

- Knowledge of Operating Systems (Windows and/or Linux) and Packer is desirable, but not essential.

- Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of operational support procedures.

- Knowledge of software development lifecycle and the ability to write software in at least one general-purpose programming language (Python, Go, Java).

- Experience and knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code i.e. Terraform or of Configuration Management i.e. Ansible/Puppet and exposure to common CI/CD solutions and tools such as GitHub, Gitlab or Azure DevOps.
About our Business

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.

Salary: £33,500 - £50,300 + performance related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.