Senior Automation Developer
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Overview
Are you an experienced Senior Automation Developer looking for a new challenge?
Join our newly formed team in the Corporate Transformation Directorate and play a key part in delivering agile projects within a portfolio and working closely with other members of the team in the development and delivery of automation solutions.
The Senior Automation Developer role will be part of the newly formed Scottish Government Automation Centre of Excellence (CoE) team. The CoE and the corporate shared services programme is the initial focus of this role, but the focus will widen as the portfolio of corporate transformation expands.
Corporate Transformation is a new Directorate established to increase the Scottish Government s capacity and capability to shape and deliver transformational corporate change, with impact across the wider public sector. The Directorate will bring structure and governance to the setting of priorities, and manage the delivery of many key projects and programmes.
As Senior Automation Developer, you will be responsible for developing, implementing and managing complex AI powered automated solutions using a range of hyper automation platforms including Blue Prism, UiPath & Microsoft in support of automation initiatives across Scottish Government and the wider public sector.
You will collaborate with senior stakeholders and end users throughout the project lifecycle, from the identification of automation opportunities, through to the design, development, testing and maintenance of automations, employing process optimisation techniques and the use of LEAN/agile methodologies where required. You will also be responsible for the investigation and resolution of defects, Technical Debt and the management of Change Requests relating to Applications deployed within the IACoE s production environment.
You will lead on the development of process patterns for automations that can be reused across the public sector, and will utilise best practices to ensure automations meet business requirements and stated targets for efficiency. You will also be responsible for ways of working, training and maintaining standards within the development team. You will peer review other people s design and development thinking; making sure the most appropriate technology is selected and ensuring efficient use of resources. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a motivated, collaborative and supportive team, where you will have the opportunity to develop your technical skill-set, and help build the Scottish Government s Intelligent Automation Centre of Excellence.
DDaT Pay Supplement
This post attracts a 5,000 per annum pro-rata DDaT Pay Supplement after a 3 month competency qualifying period. Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review.
Responsibilities
People Management
Communications & Engagement
Improving Performance
Analysis and use of evidence
Essential Criteria & Qualifications
No specific qualifications required
Essential Criteria
This post is based in Glasgow/ Edinburgh, with virtual and hybrid working being the current arrangement. The post will be offered on a location flexible basis, with occasional travel to Glasgow/Edinburgh.
Interview and Assessment: Interviews are expected to take place in March 2024.
Minimum Time In Post
You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
How To Apply & Further Information
How to apply:
To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process.
Please submit a CV outlining your relevant skills and experience for the role (no more than 2 sides of A4) and a personal statement (of no more than 750 words) before the closing date.
When considering how your experience relates to the role, please tailor your CV and personal statement to reflect the role, the Essential Criteria and skills as described in the job description.
Please enter your personal statement in the text box provided.
Additional Information
For further information, please download and review the Person Specification and associated documentation which you will find below.
Person_Specification_Band_B
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The post is a full-time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.
For information regarding this post please contact Kenny.notman@gov.scot
Scottish Government's ambition is to be a world leading, diverse employer where people can be themselves at work. We want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot
As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.
Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.
Are you an experienced Senior Automation Developer looking for a new challenge?
Join our newly formed team in the Corporate Transformation Directorate and play a key part in delivering agile projects within a portfolio and working closely with other members of the team in the development and delivery of automation solutions.
The Senior Automation Developer role will be part of the newly formed Scottish Government Automation Centre of Excellence (CoE) team. The CoE and the corporate shared services programme is the initial focus of this role, but the focus will widen as the portfolio of corporate transformation expands.
Corporate Transformation is a new Directorate established to increase the Scottish Government s capacity and capability to shape and deliver transformational corporate change, with impact across the wider public sector. The Directorate will bring structure and governance to the setting of priorities, and manage the delivery of many key projects and programmes.
As Senior Automation Developer, you will be responsible for developing, implementing and managing complex AI powered automated solutions using a range of hyper automation platforms including Blue Prism, UiPath & Microsoft in support of automation initiatives across Scottish Government and the wider public sector.
You will collaborate with senior stakeholders and end users throughout the project lifecycle, from the identification of automation opportunities, through to the design, development, testing and maintenance of automations, employing process optimisation techniques and the use of LEAN/agile methodologies where required. You will also be responsible for the investigation and resolution of defects, Technical Debt and the management of Change Requests relating to Applications deployed within the IACoE s production environment.
You will lead on the development of process patterns for automations that can be reused across the public sector, and will utilise best practices to ensure automations meet business requirements and stated targets for efficiency. You will also be responsible for ways of working, training and maintaining standards within the development team. You will peer review other people s design and development thinking; making sure the most appropriate technology is selected and ensuring efficient use of resources. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a motivated, collaborative and supportive team, where you will have the opportunity to develop your technical skill-set, and help build the Scottish Government s Intelligent Automation Centre of Excellence.
DDaT Pay Supplement
This post attracts a 5,000 per annum pro-rata DDaT Pay Supplement after a 3 month competency qualifying period. Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review.
Responsibilities
- Support the team to take a holistic approach to identify automation opportunities; employing process optimisation techniques and the use of LEAN/agile methodologies where required
- Lead on the design, build, testing and deployment of automation process solution; including collecting and documenting requirements, defining process and technical solutions, prototyping, configuring digital components, and supporting stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
- Identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them whilst balancing multiple priorities
- Oversight of the prioritisation, investigation and resolution of issues and change requests in the production environment
- Work with the technical architect to formulate long-term development strategy
- Define RPA development methodology and testing practices/standards, ensuring adherence to RPA/development/coding standards and naming conventions
- Stakeholder management and engagement, encouraging and facilitating continuous improvement
- Build, maintain and mature a motivated and collaborative agile team, and line manage other colleagues as required.
People Management
Communications & Engagement
Improving Performance
Analysis and use of evidence
Essential Criteria & Qualifications
No specific qualifications required
Essential Criteria
- Experience of developing Robotic Process Automations using Agile/Scrum and SDLC methodologies (ideally in UiPath or Blue Prism).
- Experience of business process re-engineering/optimisation to recognise automation feasibility and design reusable/scalable solutions.
- Experience of systems architecture and integration with RPA/AI powered automations to support production of effective, efficient solutions.
- Experience coordinating and leading multiple development and testing teams.
This post is based in Glasgow/ Edinburgh, with virtual and hybrid working being the current arrangement. The post will be offered on a location flexible basis, with occasional travel to Glasgow/Edinburgh.
Interview and Assessment: Interviews are expected to take place in March 2024.
Minimum Time In Post
You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
How To Apply & Further Information
How to apply:
To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process.
Please submit a CV outlining your relevant skills and experience for the role (no more than 2 sides of A4) and a personal statement (of no more than 750 words) before the closing date.
When considering how your experience relates to the role, please tailor your CV and personal statement to reflect the role, the Essential Criteria and skills as described in the job description.
Please enter your personal statement in the text box provided.
Additional Information
For further information, please download and review the Person Specification and associated documentation which you will find below.
Person_Specification_Band_B
Digital, Data and Technology Jobs - Digital Jobs
The post is a full-time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.
For information regarding this post please contact Kenny.notman@gov.scot
Scottish Government's ambition is to be a world leading, diverse employer where people can be themselves at work. We want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot
As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.
Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.