Interface Lead

Job Description

As Interface Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the design, development and integration of system interfaces across projects, ensuring seamless data exchange and operational efficiency.

This role acts as the technical authority for interface solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define interface requirements, manage dependencies and ensure compliance with architectural and security standards.

You will play a key role in enabling interoperability between systems, supporting business processes and driving continuous improvement in interface performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

Leading the design, development and integration of system interfaces, ensuring seamless and secure data exchange across platforms and applications, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define interface requirements, manage dependencies and ensure alignment with architectural and business standards.

Ensuring interface solutions meet performance, reliability and compliance standards, including data integrity, security protocols and regulatory requirements, you will oversee issue resolution and change management related to interface functionality, coordinating with stakeholders to minimise disruption and maintain service continuity.

Maintaining documentation and technical specifications for all interfaces, you will be required to support ongoing maintenance, scalability and knowledge sharing.

What you'll bring

Educated to Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience), you will be able to demonstrate experience in designing, developing and managing system interfaces within complex IT environments.

Proficient in integration technologies and standards such as RESTful APIs, SOAP, HL7, XML, JSON and middleware platforms, you will possess a strong ability to manage own performance with focus on delivery, within a varied and challenging workload whilst producing high quality results.

With a good understanding of Health and Safety Principles and their application in the delivery of largescale projects, you will have a proven track-record of successfully delivering complex multi-discipline projects with a history of contract negotiation and contract management.

Possessing or having the ability to obtain and retain a Security Cleared status under the UK National Security Vetting scheme, you will also possess or have the ability to obtain and retain business Specific Authorisations including but not limited to Substation access.

Whats in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to 'nudge' financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network - connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It's a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland's ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we're taking it very seriously.

We're investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.