Senior Solutions Architect
* Job Number: 554578
* Closing at: Jul 31 2025 - 23:55 BST
Base Location: Havant, Reading and Perth
Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + performance-related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | options available
Energy Markets (EM) is the commercial heart of the SSE Group, securing value for SSE's asset portfolios in wholesale energy markets as we move towards our vision of being a leading energy company in a net zero world. EM plays a critical role as the asset optimiser, route to market and risk management function for all SSE's Business Units (Wind, Hydro, Low Carbon Thermal, Distributed Energy and Customer portfolios). EM enables SSE to focus its expertise and capabilities in energy markets (including Trading, Risk Management, Energy Economics and Advanced Analytics) in one centre of excellence and, with these enhanced capabilities, support value creation and decision-making across the SSE Group.
The Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior IT Solutions Architect who thrives in a fast-paced Energy trading environment. You’ll be instrumental in shaping the architectural vision and technical strategy for our trading systems, while also rolling up your sleeves to build, prototype, and implement solutions alongside our engineering teams.
This is not a “whiteboard-only” architect role — we want someone who’s as comfortable writing code and building patterns as they are designing roadmaps and presenting to stakeholders.
You Will
· Design and deliver scalable trading solutions, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to translate complex requirements into high-performance architectures and hands-on prototypes.
· Drive engineering excellence, mentoring developers and leading the creation of architectural patterns, frameworks, and reusable components to strengthen team capabilities.
· Ensure architectural governance, establishing best practices and aligning solutions with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance standards.
· Lead strategic technology planning, defining and maintaining the architectural roadmap for trading platforms and ensuring consistency across multiple initiatives.
You Have
· Proven experience as a Solutions Architect in energy trading or financial services with a deep understanding of trading systems, market data and forecasting, risk management, and real-time processing.
· Strong background in software engineering with hands-on experience in modern programming languages (e.g., Python, C#, Java).
· Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), data platforms, microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
· Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders
About SSE
SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're building the world's largest offshore wind farm. Transforming the grid to provide greener electricity for millions of people and investing over £20 billion in homegrown energy, with £20 billion more in the pipeline.
Our IT division powers growth across all SSE business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low carbon world. They provide expertise, advice and day-to-day support in emerging technologies, data and analytics, cyber security and more.
Flexible benefits to fit your life
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.
Work with an equal opportunity employer
We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.
Ready to apply?
Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.
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