Senior Technical Specialist – OT Infrastructure

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: Flexible, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key Scottish sites, which includes but is not limited to:- Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness.

Salary: £58,630-£68,098 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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

As a Senior Technical Specialist, you will design, maintain, and optimize operational technology systems, ensuring seamless integration with IT infrastructure while safeguarding critical processes. You’ll be at the forefront of keeping systems secure, reliable, and efficient.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Supports OT Infrastructure Manager in the effective running of the critical infrastructure that supports Operational Technology for SSEN Transmission.
• Designs and delivers key change projects that enable the scaling and improve the resilience of the overall OT Infrastructure estate.
• Responsible for support of a diverse range of infrastructure services – from centralised server rooms to solutions deployed at operational sub-stations and third party managed hosted solutions.
• Manages a diverse range of third parties and stakeholders in order to achieve the stated operational objectives of SSEN Transmission.
• Contributes to the production and implementation of an overall Infrastructure Modernisation roadmap for SSEN Transmission in collaboration with Group Technology Services colleagues.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Hands on experience of managing the support, development and delivery of highly resilient, critical on-premise infrastructure. OT experience would be preferred but not necessary assuming experience of operating other critical, highly resilient infrastructure.
• Ability to manage multiple competing demands for infrastructure capacity and resources from a number of Change Programmes.
• Experience of transitioning workloads from on-premise infrastructure to a variety of modern infrastructure technologies – experience with AWS would be highly beneficial.
• Understanding of industry standard service management such as ITIL or equivalent.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and third parties including Projects and Suppliers to achieve the outcomes required of this infrastructure estate.

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?

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.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need 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 / 01738 341814.

Before commencing your role with SSE, you’ll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

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