Senior Automation Developer

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Senior Automation Developer

Reference : 2023-7780

Salary GBP £44,557.00 / Per Annum Pay Supplement GBP £5,000.00 / Per Annum

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

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 .

HOW TO APPLY & FURTHER INFORMATION :

How to apply :

To apply for this post, you will need to complete our online application process.

Find out more and apply online at : https : / / core-scottishgovernment.icims.com / jobs / 7780 / senior-automation-developer / job?hub=10&_gl=1

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Additional information :

Find out more about the work of Corporate Transformation, what we offer and the roles we are recruiting for at : https : / / work-for-scotland.org / exciting-careers-in-corporate-transformation [work-for-scotland.org]

If you have any questions about 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

Closing Date 11 / 02 / 2024