We are recruiting for a full time Senior IT Engineer on a permanent basis

Your passion has never had a greater purpose

Here at SEPA, we’re connected by a passion that drives us to be purposeful in every action we take – to protect our environment. Through our expertise, we lead projects that make a difference for Scotland, and our workplaces are grounded in respect for that expertise.

That’s why, when you join us as Senior IT Engineer, you’ll discover enriching benefits, meaningful support, and opportunities to learn every day. That’s what it means to be Passionately Purposeful – for our environment, and for your career.

Work that goes beyond your desk

Experts at what we do, we work in a professional way towards our shared goals, knowing the work we do makes a genuine, lasting difference on the environment. In this role, you will develop, manage, and continuously improve a range of core information systems and services that enable the organisation to operate effectively. Working in a fast-paced and future-focused environment, you will act as a key technical specialist, providing expert support, guidance, and solutions to colleagues across the team and the wider organisation.

You will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the organisation’s infrastructure, including Microsoft domain services, virtualisation platforms, remote access solutions, cloud-hosted environments, Microsoft 365 services, and backup operations. You will also support the security and stability of the estate through effective patch management, monitoring, incident response, and adherence to zero-trust principles.

Key duties include:

Leading the investigation and resolution of complex technical incidents and providing specialist support as the team’s escalation point
Conducting root‑cause analysis to prevent reoccurrence and improve service reliability
Ensuring all systems and services comply with security, governance, and operational standards
Offering technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members to support their development and enhance team capability

Respect for your expertise

This is a highly important role within our Finance, Modernisation & Digital portfolio, which means you’ll need to meet the following criteria:

Relevant qualification or equivalent experience to SCQF Level 8-10 such as Degree level
Proven experience in managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex IT infrastructure (servers, virtualisation, storage, and backups)
Significant experience with Azure stack (compute, storage, networking, AVD)
Ability to mentor colleagues and transfer skills
Full UK drivers licence

Please open the link to the Senior Operations Engineer which outlines the core responsibilities and expectations of the role within a defined activity family. Please note the role profile name may be different to the job title being advertised.

*Please note upon appointment the official role title will be Senior Operations Engineer.

Support that goes beyond the workplace

We’re cultivating a workplace that supports not only your passion and your professional lives, but your personal life. So, you’ll find benefits that make a difference at work and at home. Such as:

Hybrid and Flexible working opportunities

Up to 35 days annual leave and 7 additional public holidays each year (pro rata)

Paid time off to support your Wellbeing and enable you to Volunteer in your community

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Progressive Family Friendly policies

Training & development to enable colleagues to improve their skills, competencies and knowledge to perform at their best.

Plus, many more lifestyle benefits such as 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform, credit union facilities and access to a Cycle to Work Scheme.

Passionately you. Purposefully supportive

SEPA is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and good relations in everything it does – as a community leader, as a provider and commissioner of services, and as an employer.

Passionately Purposeful about Scotland’s environment – and your career.

Protecting our environment, promoting our work, and supporting our people, working at SEPA means being part of an organisation that’s grounded in respect for your expertise – and your wellbeing. So you can be your best, and make the biggest impact.

We recruit solely based on merit. Our shortlisting process is conducted on an anonymous basis. Please ensure that you include all relevant information when you apply.

We support flexible working arrangements to help you maintain a healthy balance between career and homelife. This includes working part time, reduced hours, job sharing, working remotely. As a flexible first employer we are open to having conversations about flexible working arrangements that work for you and SEPA from day 1 of your employment with us. This role will primarily be based from our Angus Smith Building, Parklands Avenue, Eurocentral, Holytown

We are proud to be a 'Disability Confident' employer and will work to identify and implement reasonable adjustments and equipment to support you in the role that you do.

Applicants with a visual impairment can request job descriptions and application forms in Braille, large print or on tape.

For the security and wellbeing of our colleagues, successful candidates will undergo enhanced pre-employment checks including a level two Disclosure Scotland check and NSV SC clearance.

If you have questions or need any assistance with the recruitment process please contact SEPA’s Recruitment Team at recruitment@sepa.org.uk

Apply now to join a Passionately Purposeful workplace