Technical Architect (4778)


Company:	Social Security Scotland
Salary:	£62,111 to £77,439 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Dundee, DD1 4BF
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 3 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Sept 2026
Closing date:	8 Oct 2026

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Summary

Location - Dundee or Glasgow

Hours - 35 hours per week

Closing Date - 8th October 2026 at 23:55

Reference - 4778

Employment Type - Permanent

Overview:

Join us as a Technical Architect and work within a branch of around 40 professionals to help shape the future of social security in Scotland. We’re looking for someone passionate about creating innovative solutions integrating public cloud services and software as a Service platform.

We promote autonomy and self-organisation, allowing you to influence ways of working and set guiding principles. The Architecture and Design branch, part of our Digital Delivery and Change Directorate, is divided into six domains: technical, cloud, enterprise, data, business, and application architecture. We focus on high-level architecture and frameworks to sustainably plan, prioritise, and deliver change across our digital landscape.

Our solutions are highly integrated with external partners, reflecting our role within a wider public sector ecosystem dedicated to simplifying access to information and services. Guided by our Digital and Technology Strategy, we aim to deliver devolved and new benefits for the people of Scotland.

If you’re seeking a role within a supportive organisation that prioritises your development and growth, apply now to join our innovative team.

A Technical Architect is responsible for the assurance and design of digital solutions.

As a Technical Architect, you will undertake structured analysis of technical issues, translating this analysis into technical designs that describe a solution. You will be consulted on solutions and can provide design patterns.

You will identify the deeper issues that need resolution and look for opportunities for collaboration with the ability to identify cases for the reuse of common patterns, components, platforms, or solutions. An architect can communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You will ensure your solutions adhere to the relevant architecture governance.

You will be expected to build effective partnerships with diverse teams across multiple locations and technologies.

Main Duties:

• 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.

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.

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