Job Description

Our Uniper COO IT teams are at the leading edge of the development and application of technology for Uniper's asset business. Through intelligent and connected software, our digital products help solve the complex challenges of the energy sector - from green transformation to reliable energy security. This is your chance to learn and develop over a year placement with Uniper, and make a real difference to how an entire industry works.
Our Uniper COO IT teams are at the leading edge of the development and application of technology for Uniper's asset business. Through intelligent and connected software, our digital products help solve the complex challenges of the energy sector - from green transformation to reliable energy security. This is your chance to learn and develop over a year placement with Uniper, and make a real difference to how an entire industry works.

Your responsibilities

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Please note this placement will last 48-52 weeks and begin September/October 2025.


The placement is an exciting opportunity to be a part of Uniper's COO IT teams, where we provide digital delivery for Uniper's asset (COO) business. Our solutions range from software monitoring and optimising the operations and performance of our existing power generation asset base, to tools modelling and driving the green transformation of our asset portfolio. We deliver these through software engineering and development within our in-house COODE platform, and implementing and running third party software solutions. This role focuses on a combination of live application support, and COODE platform development and maintenance.


Live application support involves working between users and developers, to manage issues and requests through to resolution, ensuring our live software delivers an exceptional experience for users across Uniper. COODE platform development and maintenance involves deeply technical hands-on work, managing the platform, cloud infrastructure and environments in which our in-house software development happens.


Current team projects include delivering major cloud infrastructure evolution and migrations, ongoing focus on platform security and resilience, and ongoing enablement of our developer environment, pipelines and developer tooling.


As part of the placement, you'll be working directly with software and operations engineers, AI and ML engineers, architects, and a vast array of technology and domain experts. Combined with getting a mentor and technical training, the placement will allow you to develop significantly over the course of your time with Uniper. There may also be the opportunity for international travel.

Your profile

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To be a part of this area, you'll need to be studying a Computer Science or closely related degree. You should have an understanding of working with web applications, cloud infrastructure and DevOps and software engineering, and agile development.


Key activities will include:


Configuring azure cloud infrastructure using terraform Providing developer support + enablement Maintaining and improving our azure devops CI/CD pipelines Configuring DevSecOps tools such as Snyk Maintenance and support of live software and digital platforms. Service desk support for open user issues and requests. Working in a DevOps environment to complete bug fixes and enhancements. Working with colleagues and teams across Uniper to create a world-class digital platform for our power generation and energy storage assets.
You'll ideally hold experience with;


Microsoft Azure (or equivalent) cloud infrastructure Full stack programming skills - e.g. Python, C#, Javascript frameworks, Snowflake, SQL, or similar. Microservices
What you will gain from the Placement


DevOps and Agile methodology and working practices; Programming, Kubernetes, Docker, database and cloud skills; Working on industrial-scale AI and ML projects. Communication and soft skills working in a commercial environment; * Experience in the energy sector and digital engineering.