Junior Systems Developer

UK Networks Services
(UKNS) is an engineering company at the forefront of the UK’s
transition to a smarter, more flexible electricity system. Our
work spans two core areas:

• Technical grid
  consulting – advising on complex grid connections, regulatory
  strategy, and power system planning for some of the UK’s most
  significant infrastructure projects.
  
• Smart grid control
  systems – designing and deploying advanced automation,
  monitoring, and control solutions that enable customers to
  connect, manage and optimise energy assets across large,
  distributed networks.
  

Within the smart grid
side of the business, we design and integrate systems that combine
PLC-based control, SCADA, metering, protection, and real-time data
platforms. These systems are deployed on projects such as
grid-scale load management, site-wide export limitation,
substation automation and dynamic network control.

Position Overview:

As a Junior Systems Developer, you will build and enhance the software and data systems that underpin our smart grid solutions.

This
role is aimed at a Graduate or Junior .NET developer with solid experience who
wants to expand into cloud, IoT and systems engineering. You will work across
edge devices, cloud platforms and real-world infrastructure, gaining exposure
well beyond a typical software role.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Develop software for
IoT edge devices using .NET and Node-RED

• Design and develop
database architectures and data models

• Build and enhance IoT
control systems using MQTT and Modbus

• Develop and improve
customer-facing SCADA and data visualisation platforms

• Create automated
provisioning, deployment and testing systems via APIs and device automation

• Build reporting
systems for customers, devices and internal operations

• Improve data export,
processing and integration pipelines

• Contribute to ongoing
improvements in system performance and efficiency

• Support and maintain
Azure-based environments

• Manage and optimise
SQL databases

• Maintain cloud and
on-premise virtual machines

• Support mobile
gateway infrastructure and VPN connectivity

• Manage SIM-based
connectivity across deployed devices

• Maintain and monitor
MQTT messaging infrastructure

• Support and enhance
Grafana dashboards and customer reporting tools

• Support FAT, SAT and commissioning activities alongside the wider engineering team

• Contribute to system architecture design and interface specifications for large, distributed control projects

Requirements

Essential
qualifications & experience :

• Degree in software development, or 3+ years’
experience  

• Experience
with the Microsoft stack (.NET, C#, SQL Server)

• Experience
with JSON

• Experience or understanding of working
with APIs and system integration

• Experience or understanding of cloud
platforms (preferably Azure)

• Strong
problem-solving ability and practical mindset

Desirable :

• Experience with or understanding of IoT
technologies (MQTT, Modbus)

• Familiarity with
Node-RED or similar tools

• Experience with or understanding of Grafana or data visualisation platforms

• Understanding of
networking concepts (VPNs, routing, gateways) 

Benefits

• £28,000 – £35,000
salary depending on experience

• Opportunity to work
on some of the UK’s most advanced smart grid control projects

• Direct coaching and
mentoring from an experienced CTO

• Exposure to
industrial control systems, IoT and energy infrastructure

• Support to attain
relevant certifications

• Clear career
progression within a growing, innovation-focused company

• Company bonus scheme

• Enhanced employers’
contribution pension scheme

• Death in Service
benefit policy

• Salary sacrifice
schemes (Bike to work, Electric Vehicles)

• 25 Days of annual
leave plus local bank holidays

• Days available to
volunteer for local clubs/charities

• £300 available for
sponsorship of local club or charity

• Professional
registration fees paid annually 

• On-site parking

Note: To be eligible
for this job you must have the right to work in the UK, we
currently do not sponsor applications for employment visa status.

UKNS values diversity in
the workplace and is a fair and equal-opportunity employer. We are
committed to creating an equal and inclusive working environment,
with the aim that our employees will be truly representative of
all sections of society and that each person feels respected and
able to give their best.