At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and deliver scalable solutions on the Oracle Utilities Customer Cloud Service platform.
- Company: Join Affinity Water's innovative Technology team driving digital transformation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, bonus scheme, and extensive learning opportunities.
- Other info: Enjoy a supportive culture with a focus on diversity and community engagement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while shaping the future of water utilities.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in Oracle CCS solutions with strong communication and technical leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Join Affinity Water's Technology team and play a key role in our Digital Transformation Programme. As an Oracle CCS Technical Architect, you'll be responsible for designing and delivering scalable, business-critical solutions on the Oracle Utilities Customer Cloud Service (OUCCS) platform. Working closely with business stakeholders, architects, engineers and delivery teams, you'll define the strategic direction of the Oracle CCS platform, ensuring it remains scalable, secure and aligned with future business needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and design of Oracle CCS solutions.
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Define and maintain architecture standards, patterns and best practices.
- Collaborate with stakeholders from concept through to delivery.
- Guide and mentor technical teams and architects.
- Support platform integrations across the wider technology landscape.
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation and platform optimisation.
- Facilitate architecture governance and technical decision-making.
About You
You'll have:
- 5+ years' experience delivering Oracle CCS solutions.
- Strong knowledge of Oracle CC&B and Advanced Metering.
- Experience in architecture, solution design or technical leadership roles.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
- Strong understanding of integration and cloud technologies, ideally AWS.
- Experience working within Agile environments.
Desirable
- Knowledge of SQL, Python, Java or C#.
- Utilities sector experience, particularly within water.
- Experience with regulatory reporting requirements.
Benefits:
- Salary from £65,000 dependant on skills and experience.
- Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
- Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
- Annual leave from 26-30 days rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
- A Celebration Day in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
- A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%).
- We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
- Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
- Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
- Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme.
- Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice.
- Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
- Life Assurance.
As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.
Technical Architect - Oracle CCS employer: Affinity Water Limited
Affinity Water is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration within the Technology team. As a Technical Architect - Oracle CCS, you'll benefit from extensive learning and development opportunities, a generous pension scheme, and a supportive culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and inclusivity. With a commitment to community engagement and a diverse workforce, Affinity Water provides a meaningful and rewarding career path in the utilities sector.
