Cloud Hosting Project Lead - Dundee, United Kingdom - Social Security Scotland

Social Security Scotland

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Dundee, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Overview:
**Cloud Hosting Project Lead | Hybrid Working with Glasgow or Dundee Base Location | £ £ £5,000 DDaT Pay Supplement after 3 month qualifying period | Full or Part Time Hours | Flexi
- time | 25 Days annual leave (increasing to 30 after 4 years' service) plus 11.5 Public and Privilege| Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 5.45% employer contributions %)|**Join our Chief Digital Office division as a Cloud Hosting Project Lead and support the exciting and transformative work of Social Security Scotland.

As a Cloud Hosting Project Lead in our Engineering and Cloud Services branch, you will provide controls on the demand for engineered change to our Cloud Hosted Platform.

With a focus on prioritisation, capacity and cost optimisation you will enable the team to function effectively.

Strong interaction with stakeholders will be a daily feature and you will take ownership of project initiatives that need drive and strong delivery skills.

Change requirements are commonly substantially sized and require project leadership to drive progress, resolve difficulties and manage stakeholders.

Our Engineering and Cloud Services branch, located within the Chief Digital Office, delivers the infrastructure, capability, and digital solutions for Social Security Scotland.

With a diverse range of expertise, the team maintains and delivers a hosting platform that meets the needs of the organisation and more importantly, our users.

The Engineering & Cloud Services branch have an identified need for a Cloud Hosting Project Lead to support the ongoing efforts of the Cloud Hosting Product Owners and the Infrastructure Delivery Managers.

The role is part of a relatively small Hosting Delivery Team that maintains the 'front door' control on the requirement for cloud engineered deliverables, prioritising to enable timely delivery to our customers, managing engineering capacity, related budget and contracts.

Social Security Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government, is the largest and most complex IT and digital change programme since devolution.

With a lifetime budget of over £300m, delivering a social security system that will support the people of Scotland for decades to come.

Join and help us deliver and complete the ambitious digital programme to transfer welfare powers to the Scottish Government and make Scotland a leader in the digital world.

What do we offer you?

We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops, and retains only the best talent.

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Salary between £ £49860 plus a £5000 annual Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 month qualifying period. This supplement is backdated and paid with your monthly salary.
Flexible working arrangements with potential of up to 4 days off per month.
You will have an annual leave allowance of 5 weeks, rising to 6 weeks after 4 years. In addition, the Scottish Government observes 111⁄2 days public and privilege holidays, dates of which are set annually.
Workplace adjustments for everyone that needs them to ensure your comfort and safety in your new role.
Learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth.
Career progression join a rapidly growing and developing organisation with excellent opportunities for career advancement.
Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 5.45% employer contributions %).
Health and wellbeing support including 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme, plus counselling support available for all.
Discounts on gym memberships and retail outlets.

DDaT

Pay Supplement

Hybrid Working

About Us
Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. Our benefits help people from all walks of life in Scotland. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the clients we serve.

Find out more about us here

Responsibilities:

The Cloud Hosting Project Lead is a key role in the team, facilitating the development and delivery of core improvements to live services and affecting real change to the client experience.

This role will include but not be limited to the following duties:

Responsible for managing daytoday product planning and delivery on behalf of Cloud Product Owners / Delivery Managers, across a range of Cloud projects supporting delivery of the Cloud hosting platform and wider benefit delivery services.
Support the development and delivery of functionality, for which you are responsible, to meet the needs of both internal and external users.
Understand the relationship between your specific products and how they relate to any wider systems and processes that contribute to overall management and development of the Cloud pl