Enterprise Architect (2100)

Salary - £57,701 - £71,942 (plus a £5000 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 month qualifying period)
Location - Dundee or Glasgow
Hours - 35 hours per week
Closing Date – 9th September 2025 at 23:55
Reference - 2100
Employment Type - Permanent

Overview

Are you looking to begin or grow a career in IT architecture? Or perhaps you are currently working as an architect and looking for a new challenge? Social Security Scotland has an exciting opportunity for an Enterprise Architect to join the team and drive our young and growing organisation further forward, developing strategies, improving its business processes and shaping the future of its technology, all making a positive impact on our clients’ lives.

You may already be working as an analyst and looking to step up into a more senior design role, or you may be a technical architect with a desire to work on an enterprise-wide canvas. In any case you can expect to work with a friendly, dynamic, talented and self-motivated team with a great opportunity to apply your experience and ideas and make direct and tangible improvements to the services we deliver to our clients and colleagues.

The post will be based in either Dundee or Glasgow with regular travel to provide leadership across all sites as well as engage extensively with Scottish Government colleagues based in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

DDaT Pay Supplement

This post is part of the Scottish Government Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) profession and as a member of the profession you will join the professional development system. This post currently attracts a £5,000 annual DDAT pay supplement, applicable after a 3 months competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are reviewed regularly and there is one currently underway. Changes will be communicated when the review is concluded.

Main Duties

• Engage with projects and partners to understand scope and design appropriate enterprise architectures
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to provide direction and challenge, reaching consensus
• Identify problems proactively and translate them into understandable non-technical descriptions
• Act as the enterprise architecture expert in stakeholder engagement and scene setting
• Support domain assurance functions aligned with governance principles and standards
• Contribute to developing architecture strategies
• Deeply understand Social Security Scotland’s business strategy to identify suitable solutions and roadmaps
• Analyse options thoroughly to recommend appropriate approaches across environments and organisational models
• Act as a ‘critical friend’ to stakeholders on best practice technology use within the Architecture Strategy
• Promote a culture of continuous delivery and improvement, guiding governance, digital, and organisational design
  
• Produce and maintain enterprise architecture deliverables throughout the project lifecycle and beyond
• Collaborate with cyber security colleagues to ensure architectures are robust, scalable, and secure
• Review external technical proposals and contribute to implementation recommendations
• Work within agile, multi-disciplinary teams, applying agile methods where appropriate
• Foster an open, collaborative approach to knowledge sharing
• Contribute to the development of an enterprise practice within the wider CDO Architecture team
• Act as a communicator between technical and non-technical audiences and stakeholders

Social Security Scotland are a Disability Confident Employer. We will consider and implement any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and during the course of your employment, should you be successful in securing a post. If you feel you may require assistance with any part of our recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot.

More information about the role and how to apply is available at: Enterprise Architect at Social Security Scotland