Location
Glasgow | United Kingdom
Job description
Salary - £56020 - £69846 + £5,000 DDaT Pay Supplement after 3 month qualifying period
Location - Dundee or Glasgow
Hours - 37 hours per week
Closing Date - 20th March 2024 at Midnight
Reference - 2024-8313
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 Application Architect to join the team and drive our young and growing organisation further forward, developing strategies, improving its application landscape, and shaping the future of its technology, all making a positive impact on our clients’ lives.
You may be looking to step up into a more senior design role, or you may be a solution architect with a desire to specialise in application architecture 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 Chief Digital Office is the technology division of Social Security Scotland, responsible for live running, maintenance and continuous improvement of the technology required to operate the Scottish social security system for its clients and partners. The Application Architect role lies within the Architecture and Design branch of the Chief Digital Office.
The branch is responsible for developing, maintaining, and governing technology strategies and designs which underpin the solution, application, data and infrastructure architectures which form the organisation’s overall enterprise architecture. Application Architecture and Cloud Architecture teams work closely with each other and with the wider operational business to inform those strategies and designs.
As an Application Architect you will play a vital role in designing and implementing cutting-edge application architectures. Use your expertise to collaborate with stakeholders, identify problems, and recommend innovative solutions. Be part of a dynamic and agile environment, where continuous improvement and collaboration are key. Help shape the future of digital support at Social Security Scotland and make a meaningful impact on people's lives.
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
• Engage with projects and partners to understand and design appropriate application architectures.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, providing direction and challenge.
• Proactively identify problems and translate them into non-technical descriptions.
• Act as the application architecture domain expert in information gathering with stakeholders.
• Support Social Security governance activities and contribute to the development of architectural strategies.
• Build a deep understanding of the business and digital strategies and leverage them to identify suitable solutions.
• Analyse options and recommend the most appropriate approach across different environments.
• Provide guidance on technology best practices and continuous improvement.
• Produce application architecture deliverables and collaborate with cyber security colleagues.
• Review technical proposals from external suppliers.
• Work in an agile, multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Take an open and collaborative approach to working and sharing knowledge.
• Support colleagues with application architecture expertise.
• Contribute to the development of an Application Architecture Practice.
• Act as a consultant and communicator between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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
[email protected].
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£56.02k - £69.85k per annum
