Strategic Technical Architect: Cloud & Integration

Social Security Scotland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Security Scotland in Scotland is seeking a Technical Architect to shape the future of social security. You will join a branch of around 40 professionals, promoting autonomous, self-organising ways of working within a multi-domain architecture team.

The role focuses on high‑level architecture, cloud and integration across partner ecosystems. The successful candidate will influence technology strategy, oversee design governance, and ensure security and operational requirements are met, with

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and assurance of complex technical architectures across multiple services, platforms and delivery teams.
• Define and govern enterprise integration patterns, API strategies, system interoperability standards and data exchange mechanisms to ensure scalability, maintainability and secure service delivery.
• Presenting recommendations for technologies or improvements to enhance systems to support project goals clearly to 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.
• 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.
• Recommending technologies or improvements to enhance systems to support project goals, based on the analysis of systems’ needs and requirements of the business.
• Contributing to the overall technical strategy and road map for the department in your area of expertise.
• Developing and documenting the proposed technical design for the integration and implementation of technology solutions, working with and across other areas of DDaT and the business.
• Ensure designs meet security and operational requirements.
• Act as a Subject Matter expert, understanding the bigger picture, including wider departmental, organisational or cross government strategies to ensure your recommendations and designs are aligned.
• Owning the design of a digital component(s) and ensuring the design and solution fit with the wider designs.

Job description

Social Security Scotland in Scotland is seeking a Technical Architect to shape the future of social security. You will join a branch of around 40 professionals, promoting autonomous, self-organising ways of working within a multi-domain architecture team.

The role focuses on high‑level architecture, cloud and integration across partner ecosystems. The successful candidate will influence technology strategy, oversee design governance, and ensure security and operational requirements are met, with