Lead Security Architect

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Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Lead Security Architect to help transform public services through cloud hosting and digital identity systems. This role involves developing secure platforms that enhance service delivery across Scotland's public sector, playing a critical part in the national digital strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and operation of cloud platforms.
• Contribute to the division's efforts promoting common platforms.
• Ensure secure and efficient delivery of public services.

Job description

Do you want to help shape the future of secure digital public services in Scotland?

The Scottish Government’s digital strategy, A Changing Nation: How Scotland Will Thrive in a Digital World, sets out specific actions for transforming government, aligned to the National Performance Framework. Of most relevance to this role is the aim to build a suite of common platforms to be adopted across the public sector.

This role sits within the Digital Components & Infrastructure Division, part of the Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate. The division brings together three key programmes Digital Identity, SG Payments, and the SG Cloud Platform—focused on achieving this strategic outcome. All three are aligned with the 2021 Digital Strategy’s commitment to developing common platforms and component technologies to improve efficiency in the delivery of public services across Scotland’s public sector.

As a divisional role, this post will initially be part of a multi-disciplinary SG Cloud Platform Service team working to transform how the Scottish Government facilitates cloud hosting across the Scottish public sector and the Digital Identity team providing people with a secure and simple way to access public services online.

Both services are central to the wider common platforms' objective outlined in the Digital Strategy. They play a key role in ensuring that valuable public services are delivered securely, efficiently, and accessibly.

In addition to supporting the development and operation of these platforms, as Lead Security Architect you will contribute to the wider division’s efforts and help promote the adoption of common platforms across the Scottish public sector. Working at scale and with a wide variety of public service users, our work is technically complex, varied, and rewarding—offering a real sense of pride in making a positive, tangible difference in people’s lives.