Energy One delivers applications and services to assist participants in the wholesale energy sector operating and trading energy.
Energy One teams are distributed widely in Australia, France, Belgium, and UK. The team works on more than 17 products, all at a different stage of their life cycle with trading desks operating in Europe and Australia.
Energy is key for growth, and mastering energy is paramount to reach net zero.
The energy industry in UK is moving fast with 2 concurrent trends:
- The increase of renewable energy and its unpredictability, operated by increasingly small players, leads to high market volatility. This volatility creates opportunities for energy traders.
- The price cap in UK limits the revenue of energy retailers, so they need to widen their capabilities and increase their efficiency to survive
These players rely on some efficient systems to operate. If the system fails, a domino effect starts that could soon lead to big problems for companies and houses.
Energy One UK is providing systems to more than 12% of the market, which makes it an essential player in this global energy market.
In order to keep on with the market trends (more players, more traders and trades, more volatility), Energy One UK need to provide the best platform, with reliable, scalable, secure and agile foundations.
The DevOps team in Energy One UK owns these foundations and faces the following challenges.
- Security while moving to the cloud
- Automation thanks to Infrastructure as Code
- Reliability while scaling the platform for the growing customer base.
- FinOps: Find the best balance between costs and performance.
We are looking for the Leader of this team to concur these challenges.
Role modelling and embedding our Cultural Principles is key for all leadership positions:
Say what you mean – straightforward, authentic communication – bring your whole self to work, we value clear and honest communications, we are friendly and respectful in our interactions, internally and externally.
Be dependable – trustworthy, consistent, accountable – We do what we say, we can rely on each other, we are open to new challenges and if we make a mistake, we own it. We welcome real honesty in pursuit of bettering each other and the Energy One Group.
Grow Together – unified, cohesive team, team mindset, diversity and inclusiveness – we are a community, we want everyone to feel welcomed, we value diversity and inclusiveness. We are always ready to help one another out and to continually improve how we work together.
Bring you best – openness, passion – we love what we do, we see opportunities, not obstacles. We empower autonomous thinking; our initiative is supported.
Creative Minds – daring designs, innovate, creative solutions – we are creative and bold in what we aim to achieve in all areas of our work. We seek to be inventive and deliver impactful technology, processes and relationships.
Main Responsibilities
- Create the DevOps vision with the team
- Decide on the right tech stack, tools and plan to reach the DevOps vision
- Lead and mentor the team of DevOps engineers. You will provide guidance, support, and foster a collaborative and high-performance culture to ensure the successful execution of DevOps initiatives.
With the team, using agile methodologies:
- Manage and optimize the production, QA, and development environments to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of our software products.
- Design and implement robust monitoring systems that proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and system failures.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, to streamline deployment processes and improve operational efficiency.
- Drive improvements to the platform and tooling used to deliver a reliable, secure and performance platform.
- Automate and streamline our CI/CD pipelines to ensure robust quick builds and deployments.
- Respond to incidents on mission critical systems, ensuring the platform remains secure and highly available and minimising client and market impact.
- Drive the adoption of new technologies within the business to help improve the reliability, performance, scalability and security of the tools and platform we operate.
- Collaborate with the DevOps Lead of France, Australia and Belgium to share knowledge and develop DevOps good practices that will be shared across the group.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- Leadership experience, with the ability to inspire and mentor a team towards achieving goals.
- Proven experience in a DevOps/SRE or similar role, preferably in a software development or SaaS environment.
- Advanced knowledge of Azure Cloud and Containerisation technologies
- Strong proficiency in Automation Scripting
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or equivalent products.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with a focus on driving solutions in a timely manner.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with the capability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Relevant certifications such as Azure certifications, DevOps certifications, or industry-specific certifications are advantageous.
Benefits
- Solihull location, modern offices with great amenities
- Work with colleagues in different countries and cultures in a diverse company.
- Hybrid Role
- Good remuneration package
- High levels of autonomy
- Opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects and technologies.
Energy One promotes diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity.
If you are ready to embrace this exciting challenge, send us your CV today.
Please note unsuccessful applicants will not be individually contacted.
