Halo Platform Lead: Automation & Tooling Engineer

Scottish Environment Protection Agency; Holytown; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and Flexible working

Up to 35 days annual leave

LGPS

Training & development

Volunteer time off

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland is seeking a Lead Tooling & Automation Engineer to own the Halo platform and drive automation initiatives in a permanent, full-time role.

You will act as technical lead, shaping Halo's roadmap, delivering integrations, reporting, and governance, while partnering with stakeholders across SEPA to identify opportunities for improvements and scalable solutions. The role offers hybrid working and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience administering, configuring and developing HaloITSM or a comparable enterprise platform.
• Experience acting as the technical lead, platform lead, or senior specialist for a business-critical application.
• Experience designing and implementing business process automation and workflow improvements, delivering and supporting system integrations using APIs and related technologies.
• Experience of building relationships working directly with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience of leadership in shaping and articulating complex or ambiguous technical problems to enable effective solution design and informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead and subject matter expert for the Halo platform.
• Own the development roadmap and future direction of Halo across the organisation.
• Design and implement automation, workflows, service catalogues and business processes.
• Lead the design and delivery of integrations between Halo and corporate systems.
• Work directly with stakeholders across the business to identify opportunities for automation and service improvement.
• Develop reporting, dashboards and management information to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Ensure platform governance, resilience, security align with SEPA and government frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership on platform enhancements, upgrades and future adoption.
• Support the expansion of Halo into additional business functions and service areas.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Automation design

System integrations

Security governance

Tools

HaloITSM

Job description

Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland is seeking a Lead Tooling & Automation Engineer to own the Halo platform and drive automation initiatives in a permanent, full-time role.

You will act as technical lead, shaping Halo's roadmap, delivering integrations, reporting, and governance, while partnering with stakeholders across SEPA to identify opportunities for improvements and scalable solutions. The role offers hybrid working and a strong benefits package.