Senior Engineer Oracle ERP EPM and Cloud technologies in Edinburgh

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor: The UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enabling individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Adviser: Provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Investments: A specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

The Enterprise Applications team is dedicated to designing, implementing, and optimising enterprise solutions to support our business operations and goals. The team focuses on leveraging cloud technologies, modern engineering practices and collaborative Agile methodologies to deliver high-quality, scalable and secure applications and services.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Oracle and Cloud Applications Engineer to join our Enterprise Applications team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Oracle ERP and EPM products, strong proficiency in cloud technologies and hands‑on experience with GitHub, API integrations, Identity and Access Management (IAM) including Single Sign‑On (SSO). This role will be instrumental in designing, implementing and optimising enterprise solutions that support our business operations and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Spearhead the migration and optimisation of Oracle ERP and EPM applications to cloud‑native services, focusing on architecture, cost and operational efficiency.
• Design, develop and maintain RESTful and SOAP APIs to integrate Oracle systems with internal and third‑party applications, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability.
• Manage and implement Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Single Sign‑On (SSO) solutions using tools like Azure AD, Okta and Oracle Identity Cloud Service.
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines, test automation and observability practices using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub and Jenkins to streamline the development lifecycle.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, participate in code reviews and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Monitor system performance, conduct root cause analysis, implement corrective actions and ensure compliance with security, data governance and regulatory standards.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Extensive experience with Oracle ERP Cloud (e.g., Financials, Procurement, Projects) and Oracle EPM Cloud (e.g., Planning, Financial Consolidation).
• Proficiency in developing and maintaining RESTful and SOAP APIs, with strong knowledge of JSON and XML.
• Hands‑on experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Single Sign‑On (SSO) solutions, including Azure Active Directory, Okta, and Oracle Identity Cloud Service.
• Proven experience in designing and managing cloud‑native applications and infrastructure using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AWS, or Azure.
• Strong background in utilizing GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, and other DevOps tools for source control, code reviews, and CI/CD pipeline implementation.
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as SQL, PL/SQL, Java, Python, and Shell scripting.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported. When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance‑based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you. At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face‑to‑face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.