Lead Solutions Architect - OT

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Perth, Glasgow, Aberdeen or 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 OT you will provide technical leadership, facilitation, analysis and design expertise to develop the OT domain solution architecture for the Transmission Business Unit.

You will:

• Reporting to the Head of Architecture, create high level solution models, domain roadmaps and solution architectures, including solution patterns/blueprints, to guide solution decisions for the OT domain aligned to business operations and RIIO-T3 investments needs.
• Enhance and enrich the OT domain target architecture including vision, roadmap and guardrails.
• Provide OT 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.
• Propose changes in process, policy and guardrails as they relate to the architecture framework and methodology.
• 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.
• Deliver high-level solution models and solution architectures in line with business requirements, organisation 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, OT principles and standards and that any deviations to the standards follow the Architecture Governance process.
• Provide architectural guidance and oversight across control systems and SCADA platforms, ensuring resilient, secure, and standards-aligned solutions that support operational continuity and the wider OT strategy.
• Ensure solutions are secure by design and are built within defined security guidelines and guardrails to protect the Transmission Business Unit from cyberattack and data loss.
• 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 are kept in line with standards and only deviate for commercial benefit.
• 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.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience, with extensive experience in OT domain solutions architecture experience in asset intensive industries, ideally of course 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 OT domain solutions architecture.

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: SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. 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.