Salary - £72,310-£83,460 +a £5000 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 month qualifying period.
Location - Dundee or Glasgow
Hours - 37 hours per week
Closing Date -12/05/24 at 23:55
Reference - ID2024-8711
Employment Type - Permanent
Overview:
Are you a visionary leader with a passion for cloud computing and automation? Social Security Scotland is seeking a highly skilled Lead Cloud Architect to drive forward our initiatives in AWS cloud platform design. As a liaison between the Chief Architect and Cloud Engineering/DevOps domains, you'll provide technical leadership, ensure high availability and disaster recovery, and champion best practices. This is primarily a management role although your technical skills will be put to the test too. Join our team of high-performing individuals and make a lasting impact on critical applications. Apply now to take the lead and shape the future of cloud architecture with us.
The Architecture and Design branch, part of our Chief Digital Office, and is a team of around 40 highly skilled individuals. The team is split into six architecture domains: solution, cloud, enterprise, data, business, and application architecture.
We develop high-level architecture and solution designs for all technologies underpinning the Chief Digital Office delivery capability and focus on creating frameworks to sustainably prioritise, plan and deliver change.Our digital solutions are highly integrated with external parties, which reflects that we are part of a wider public sector ecosystem that follows a service design goal to take the burden away from the client to obtain information. The team follows a set of architectural principles as part of our Digital and Technology Strategy, providing guidance as we continue to progress through the design and delivery of devolved and new benefits to the people of Scotland.
Joining our team means being part of our mission to develop innovative digital solutions that enhance the welfare of the people of Scotland. If you are seeking a role that offers exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth, apply now to become a valued member of our Architecture and Design branch.You will be a highly skilled AWS Cloud Architect who has a proven track record in designing large, complex IT solutions.
A deep understanding of the AWS platform services is crucial, as you will be responsible for designing highly available, resilient, scalable, and fault tolerant end-to-end solutions. Additionally, you should possess extensive knowledge of the automation tools commonly used in cloud infrastructures and be able to effectively incorporate them into your design. It is of extreme importance that you demonstrate Security by Design which is crucial to the given the close relationship with Security division and must be able to communicate at a level commensurate with the position.
Reporting to the Chief Architect, you will oversee our AWS Cloud infrastructure team. You will provide leadership, direction, and accountability for architectural designs and direction, whist also supporting other domains to ensure a consistent and secure AWS estate.
DDaT Pay Supplement
This post attracts a £5000 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 months DDaT competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role.Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review. This post is part of the Scottish Government DDaT profession. As a member of the profession you will join the professional development system, currently BCS RoleModelplus.
Main Duties
• Presenting recommendations for technologies or improvements to enhance systems to support project goals clearly to senior management, based on knowledge of IT and analysis of systems’ needs.
• Evaluating the success of a project, once the solution has been integrated, identifying best practices and lessons learned.
• Providing feedback to leadership and incorporating best practices and lessons learned into future integration plans.
• Act as a key contributor to architecture governance activities ensuring the adoption of good working methods and best practice in the application of technology architecture standards.
• Leading the design and review processes for new solution and services, evidencing the inclusion of ‘Secure by Design” in the technical designs you produce, oversee and approve.
• Managing, coaching and mentoring more junior Technical Architects. Contributing to the overall technical strategy and road map for the department in your area of expertise.
• Creating optimal technical designs through an iterative process, aligning such factors as the user need within the system requirements, security and organisational objectives.
• Developing and documenting the proposed technical design for the integration and implementation of any solution, working with and across other areas of DDaT and the business.
• Ensure designs meet security and operational requirement.
• Be seen across the department or division as a Subject Matter expert, contributing to the development of architectural practice, ensuring a coherent and consistent strategy across cybersecurity, cloud, data centre, storage, network, mobile and the user experience of infrastructure.
Additional Duties:
• The role will encompass line management duties.
• Act as a deputy for the Chief Architect as and when required including attending meetings with senior stakeholder and Ministers.
• Identify problems proactively and translate them into non-technical terms.
• Collaborate with external suppliers to ensure system architectures meet requirements.
Further Information
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:-Lead Cloud Architect (icims.com)