Senior Platform Specialist

OVO; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the City of Westminster seeks a talented individual to manage cloud platforms and ensure operational security. The successful candidate will be responsible for enhancing cybersecurity measures and mentoring junior engineers. This role offers a salary between £53,750 and £60,000 with additional benefits including bonuses and flexible pay options. Join a mission-focused team dedicated to achieving zero carbon goals and enjoy a wide range of employee benefits.

Benefits

34 days of holiday

Healthcare cash plan

Gym membership

Flex Pay benefits

Qualifications

• Show technical confidence across cloud and on-prem platforms.
• Be naturally security-minded and consider risks and controls.
• Stay calm under pressure and resolve issues quickly.

Responsibilities

• Ensure OVO's platforms run smoothly and securely.
• Conduct security gap analysis and implement controls.
• Mentor junior engineers to grow their skills.

Skills

Technical Expertise

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Technical confidence

Incident management

Adaptability

Tools

Cloudflare

Terraform

GitHub

Datadog

Job description

Top Qualities for this Role

• Technical Expertise Problem solving and Organisational skills.
• Show technical confidence across cloud and on-prem platforms with the ability to dive deep into automation networking and infrastructure-as-code.

Are naturally security-minded always considering risks controls and how to keep systems resilient.

Are comfortable with incident and problem management staying calm under pressure and resolving issues quickly.

Are adaptable and open to change ready to embrace new technologies and ways of working.

Computer Hardware,Mac Os,Manufacturing & Controls,Root cause Analysis,Windows,Customer Support,Remote Access Software,Operating Systems,Encryption,Remedy,Chemistry,Cerner

Hub Office and Remote Work

Depending on the needs of your business area we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week and to go to OVO Connection events in-person.

Youll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices Bristol Glasgow or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop is designed to inspire people help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Team and Mission

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So naturally the team youll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen.

This Role in a Nutshell

This role ensures OVOs platforms run smoothly securely and at scale - providing the foundations our teams need to accelerate the transition to zero carbon.

Key Outcomes

• Stronger resilience: Cloud and platform services are stable secure and scale smoothly with business demand.
• Greater automation: Reduce manual processes through Infrastructure-as-Code and tooling improving efficiency and reliability.
• Improved security posture: Cybersecurity controls are embedded monitored and regularly enhanced to minimise risk.
• Faster delivery: Teams can release and operate services more quickly thanks to optimised platforms and automated pipelines.
• Effective incident response: Platform issues are resolved quickly with proactive problem management to prevent recurrence.
• Mentorship impact: Helping junior engineers grow their skills through support and guidance raising the overall capability of the team.

Within Your First 6 Months Youll

• Onboard: Bring in new platforms and map out their ownership and lifecycle.
• Stabilise and optimise: Review current platforms and implement resilience and performance improvements.
• Embed automation practices: Deliver Infrastructure-as-Code templates for at least one core platform (e.g. logging / alerting or certificate management).
• Strengthen security controls: Conduct a security gap analysis across platforms and implement at least one new control to reduce risk exposure.
• Have strategic alignment: Influence and contribute to the team roadmap in line with OVO Tech strategy and Plan Zero objectives.

Example Platforms

• Cloudflare
• ZTNA Go Anywhere
• MFT Digicert
• Aiven Kafka
• Virtual Desktop Github
• Datadog
• Cloud hosting Terraform

Salary and Benefits

Well pay you between 53750 to 60000 depending on your specific skills and experience.

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us and you flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

Youll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal.

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO and there's flex pay. Well give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits including our green benefits which we’ve put at the heart of our offering add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Taster of What’s on Offer

• 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).
• Health:
  • With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level critical illness cover life assurance health assessments and more.
• Wellbeing:
  • With gym membership travel insurance workplace ISA will writing services dental insurance and more.
• Lifestyle:
  • With extra holiday buying discount dining home & tech loans and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations.
• Home:
  • Get up to 400 towards any OVO Energy plan plus great discounts on solar smart thermostats and EV chargers.
• Commute:
  • Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans.

Belonging Networks

For your Belonging: To find better ways to support our people we need to listen to each others experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people for our people - so when you join OVO you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. Its up to you.