Base Location
You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Perth, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Salary
£66,100 - £99,100 + car allowance + performance‑related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern
Permanent | Full Time | Flexible first options available.
The role
As Lead Solutions Architect IT you will provide technical leadership, facilitation, analysis and design expertise to develop the IT domain solution architecture for the Transmission Business Unit.
You will
Reporting to the Head of Architecture you will create high‑level solution models, domain roadmaps and solution architectures, including solution patterns/blueprints, to guide solution decisions for the IT domain aligned to business operations and RIIO‑T3 investments needs.
* Subject matter leadership: enhance and enrich the IT domain target architecture including vision, roadmap and guardrails. Provide IT domain solutions architecture direction and guidance to the Transmission Business Unit. Work with relevant stakeholders to understand the business requirements so that recommended solution options provide the best fit against requirements and budget.
* Solutions architecture: deliver high‑level solution models and solution architectures in line with business requirements, organisational and industry standards. Collaborate with SSE Group enterprise architects, infrastructure, networks and security teams in the development of architecture deliverables. Ensure compliance of all high‑level solution models and solution architectures to the target architecture, roadmaps, guardrails, IT principles and standards and that any deviations to the standards follow the Architecture Governance process.
* Architecture governance & assurance: ensure projects comply with architectural governance processes. Represent projects at governance boards as required. Assure the delivery of projects to ensure they remain aligned to agreed architectures.
* Industry awareness: maintain an up‑to‑date understanding of the main technology base, and a general understanding of the other technology bases which together form the overall technical direction. Keep abreast of developments from strategic partners to ensure that the architectures remain in line with standards and only deviate for commercial benefit.
* Communication, engagement and innovation: engage with a range of stakeholders in developing solutions that meet the needs of the business. Promote and encourage enterprise and innovation throughout, look for new answers and delivery of a fresh approach.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience, with extensive experience in IT domain solutions architecture in asset‑intensive industries, ideally in energy and more so in power.
* Ability to understand the long‑term ("big picture") business strategy and goals, along with short‑term perspectives of situations. Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirement.
* Practical experience of agile development processes, including but not limited to DevOps, Scrum, Kanban and lean development and the ability to estimate the financial implications of proposed solutions architectures.
* Strong stakeholder management skills, using strong influencing skills and a deep understanding of business objectives to shape the strategic direction of Transmission’s IT domain solutions architecture.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.
Equal Opportunity & Reasonable Adjustments
SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact David.Brickell@sse.com or 01738 275 846 to discuss how we can support you.
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