Cloud Engineer (SRE)

This role focuses on the core cloud platform and associated infrastructure and will give the right candidate the opportunity to contribute to infrastructure projects across a variety of services and cloud platforms, supporting SSE’s strategic themes.

As a team player, you will work closely with a team of strategists, architects, and engineers to craft technical solutions that in turn accelerate our business, and this role focusses on working too.

You will

• Identify and progress opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement across the team, delivery, and operational practices.
• Collaborate to reduce operational risk within the core cloud platform.
• Partner with Product owners and management to manage and clearly articulate demand planning and delivery against the projected backlog and book of work.
• Provide support and best practice guidance for application teams on adopting our platforms.

Do you have experience in Windows?, * 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) is desirable, but not essential.
• Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of operational support procedures.
• Ability to write software scripts in at least one general-purpose programming language (Bash, PowerShell, Python) or develop automation in one configuration tool (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Strong communication skills to be able to collaborate with teams across the organisation to help support SSE’s cloud adoption.

Pulled from the full job description

• Employee discount
• Gym membership
• Private medical insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership, Base Location: You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations : Reading/Forbury Place, Havant/Penner Road,

Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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.