Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations : Reading, Perth, Glasgow
Salary: £64,085 - £76,851 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
The role
We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Specialist to join the Energy Markets OT/IT team, you will contribute to technical support in ensuring the ongoing maintenance, and developed service improvements to our core applications and products. With a level of guidance and support, role holders apply their knowledge to diagnose and resolve incidents, problems and develop technical solutions to satisfy business requirements.
You Will
- Diagnose and resolve OT/IT incidents and problems with minimal support, including participation in escalation processes.
- Provide support, estimation, design, and development input for new enhancements to core OT/IT applications, working to defined standards.
- Support monitoring and reporting of system performance and implement configuration changes as needed.
- Assist with release, change management, impact assessments, deployments, and regression testing for technical changes and patches.
- Validate and verify technical deliverables through QA and test processes, ensuring quality throughout the development lifecycle.
- Ensure access and security of development assets, follow cybersecurity standards, and report risks to protect against loss and attacks.
You Have
- Excellent with industrial OT systems such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Modbus TCP and industrial networking (Routing and Switching).
- Excellent with industrial OT systems such as Edge Computing (Linux) and Azure IOT Hub combined with a strong understanding of industrial networks and MQTT protocols.
- A systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
- Relevant qualification or experience within OT/IT sector
- Experience in Renewable Generation preferably Battery Energy Storage
About SSE
SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. Our investment will see us build the world's largest offshore wind farm and transform the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions.
