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IoT Technical Architect

YTL UK
Bath
1 week ago
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Are you an IoT Data & Cloud technologies expert? Have you worked as a technical lead in an enterprise environment? If so, we have a great opportunity for you in our Technology department as an IoT Technical Architect!

What you'll do

As the IoT Technical Architect, you will provide technical leadership for IoT systems infrastructure and tools, including Data (Fabric, AI/ML), Digital Twins, DevOps, MLOps, and integrations into IoT cloud solutions.

Using your knowledge of the technologies and the business, you will be underpinning the defined strategy to maximise value to YTL UK. The role holder will be pivotal to the success of the IoT competency centre, contributing to stakeholder approval, forming relationships and structures, and driving change and efficiency gains.

This is a Technical Architect role, and you can expect to be hands‑on coding, providing technical guidance and expertise, as well as coaching, mentoring and developing team members, so that they can grow and take on more complex IoT tasks and lead them to success. You will be the technical lead of the IoT lab, responsible for proof‑of‑values in the AI/ML and cloud domains.

What you'll need

You will:

  • have extensive knowledge of IoT, Cloud and Software Development technologies
  • be experienced in developing enterprise‑scale IoT solutions, along with experience in digital twins, application architecture, database architecture, and networking (essential)
  • be aware of all aspects of a deployed system, including security, resiliency, performance, stability and cost
  • have a solid understanding and hands‑on experience of ML, anomaly detection and analytics tools, models and algorithms. e.g. Pandas, SciKit, AzureML, TensorFlow, Databricks, ADX
  • be experienced with the complete software development lifecycle, including DevOps/CI/CD/Automation
  • have hands‑on development experience in C# and Python as a minimum
  • have a keen interest in IoT connectivity and the benefits it can bring to the YTL Group
  • be customer‑focused, able to work unsupervised and efficient in organising and planning your workload to meet project needs.
What you’ll receive
  • A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
  • Career progression and professional development opportunities.
  • 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
  • The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
  • The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
  • A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
  • Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
  • The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
  • Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
  • One paid volunteering day each year.
  • Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
  • Access toan interactive health and wellbeing platform.
  • Support from trainedmental health first aiders.
  • A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.
Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

  • Wessex Water – one of the top‑performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
  • YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350‑acre former airfield into an award‑winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
  • YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
  • YTL Arena – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
  • plus a number of other retail,environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.


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