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Job Title Lead Solutions Engineer Location Glasgow Salary from £65,600, bonus up to 20%, family health cover and car allowance. Flexible Working Pattern Help us create a better future, quicker As a Lead Solutions Engineer...

Job Title Lead Solutions Engineer  

Location Glasgow 

Salary from £65,600, bonus up to 20%, family health cover and car allowance.  

Flexible Working Pattern 

 

Help us create a better future, quicker 

As a Lead Solutions Engineer within the Digital team, the role will lead the engineering of the cloud platform used to support Digital’s applications. The role will work closely with the business stakeholders, development teams and IT to identify opportunities and changes such as business and technology improvements that will further support the growth of the Energy Retail business plan. In addition, it will lead the technical delivery of large projects as well as manage the delivery team, budgets, technical product backlog and all associated risk/issues. 

 

What you’ll be doing 

  • Lead the delivery of large technical projects, drawing in necessary resources and expertise to effectively manage within timelines and budget 

  • Develop and create business case to secure CAPEX investment for strategic web developments.  

  • Have an excellent understanding of web technologies and architecture, which enables you to work effectively with different teams including architecture, networking, security, operations, cloud, UNIX, DBAs and application developers (mobile / front end / back end) 

  • Define the vision for the web technology roadmap 

  • Define and develop web standards and best practice. Ensure a high standard of documentation is in place for the development team which helps them make best use of the cloud platform 

  • Implement and configure monitoring tools to measure the performance and availability of the web application. 

  • Continually patch and maintain Digital’s registry of OCI-compliant base images (built using Docker), and create Pull Requests for the applications which allows developers to then deploy, test and rollout the base image changes 

  • Deputise in the CPO’s absence 

  • Engineer the web architecture to support the creation of best in class customer propositions and interactions where appropriate and delivers against the business KPIs 

 

 

 

What you’ll bring 

  • Degree educated in relevant discipline.  

  • Team Leadership experience and developing a team.  

  • Experience managing budget and technical projects 

  • Technical knowledge of platforms such as Kubernetes, Jenkins, Grafana, Prometheus, Elastic Stack 

  • DevOps / Platform Engineering experience 

  • Experience of Solution Design which enables you to convert business requirements into technical solutions 

  • Basic knowledge of Utility Industry processes to fully optimise functionality for increase customer experience 

  • Good communication skills required to discuss technical improvements and opportunities to stakeholders.  

  • Capability to apply objective and logical decision making in a timely manner and of assessing the extent and significance on the uncertainties associated with these decisions 

  

Have experience in the following areas:- 

  • Coding / scripting experience. Experience with Helm 3 is optional but would be an advantage. 

  • Cloud (e.g. Azure / GCP / AWS / Oracle / IBM Cloud). Experience with Azure and GCP is optional but would be an advantage. 

  • Different technologies used by modern cloud-native DevOps teams (e.g. Kubernetes, Elastic Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, Redis, event driven architectures etc.). 

  • Building and maintaining lightweight and secure OCI-compliant Base Images (e.g. Docker) 

  • Experience of source control tools (Git) 

  • Experience of working with security tools (e.g. Snyk for static analysis) 

  • Experience in writing tests 

  • Experience in continuous integration and deployment tools (Jenkins)  

  • Have a detailed knowledge of databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL or NoSQL 

What’s in it for you 

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include: 

  • 36 days annual leave 

  • Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave 

  • Share Schemes 

  • Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding 

  • Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases 

  • Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving 

  • Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans 

  • Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments 

  • Life Assurance (4x salary) 

  • Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support 

  • Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more 

 

Why ScottishPower 

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. 

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in. 

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com. 

 

IMPORTANT 

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below 

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

IMPORTANT 

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below

August-24-2024

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