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Solutions Architect Undefined
Solutions Architect
ScottishPower HQ Glasgow
Salary: £58-£72K plus (Up to 15% bonus & Single Healthcare)
Permanent
Hybrid Working
Help us create a better future, quicker
Our Scottish Power UKIT department supports the IT estate across the full company from Retail customers to our Networks and Transmission business. We manage the IT estate for our internal customers and provide a central team that serves the deployed technologies and the emerging solutions.
UKIT is responsible for a vast deployment of various IT technologies. We are responsible for supporting our legacy and on-premise estate, which is hosted in our UK Data centres and currently evolving to cloud across various disciplines. We are looking for strong IT professionals who can help us on our journey to ensure our solutions are designed, configured, deployed, and evolve our UK technologies in Solution Architecture areas such as Cloud, Data, Digital and Infrastructure.
At ScottishPower UKIT, we know people are central to building a better future, quicker and we are seeking new talent to join our team.
What you’ll be doing
You will be responsible for supporting the IT direction of our businesses in line with global Group IT direction aligned with the local business need. Working within a department of over 100 IT professionals you will be the ‘go to’ technical specialist for supporting the business in the design and deployment of technical solutions.
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Responsible for supporting multiple Scottish Power businesses and diverse IT architectures for the deployment of various Technology solutions and application, becoming SME in one or more technical and business areas, trending over time towards cloud architectures.
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Documenting and deploying IT solutions to internal standards, supporting IT change at various stages of deployment
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Supporting the IT business in the drive to move our systems to cloud based solutions
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Supporting one or many of Cloud, Data, Digital and Infrastructure solution domains
What you’ll bring
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AWS or Microsoft Azure or equivalent cloud-based Architectures. Understanding of PaaS, IaaS and SaaS Architectures based composable technologies, with a strong appreciation of the future direction of connected cloud applications via API and middleware solutions, or automation
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Deployment and design of Data & Analytics solutions at the infrastructure layers for both on-premise products such as MicroStrategy and Power BI. A strong understanding of the move to cloud for Azure based Architectures around Synapse and understanding of Data process such as ETL/ELT, staging, MDM, Data Quality & governance.
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Deployment of Cloud Based applications using AKS, WebApps and Cloud based SQL DBA. Strong understanding of containerisation and configuration.
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Strong understanding of the importance and requirements for IT security and identification of risk at various layers
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It is expected that all Solution Architects understand traditional 3-Tier Architectures using classical Windows, Linux and DBA such as Oracle and MS SQL deployments. Understanding of HA and DR configurations for backup and recovery a benefit
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:
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36 days annual leave
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Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
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Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
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Payroll giving and charity matched funding
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Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
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Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
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Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
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Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
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Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
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Life Assurance (4x salary)
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Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
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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
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Mobility
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-19-2024
