Engineering Manager - C2

This opportunity is only open to internal Scottish Government applicants who are currently 'Priority Movers'. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered.

Join us as an Engineering Manager (C2) and play a key role in shaping the services and technology that support digital public services across Scotland.

Help shape the digital services that support people and organisations across Scotland, leading a team responsible for delivering secure, resilient and scalable services that enable the effective management of billions of pounds of public funds each year.

Join the Scottish Government's Digital Components and Infrastructure division as an Engineering Manager within our Payments team. You will lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for building, operating and continually improving ScotPayments, the Scottish Government's strategic payments service.

ScotPayments provides secure, resilient and scalable payment capabilities that public sector organisations rely on to make and manage payments efficiently. As a critical national digital service, it supports a growing range of public bodies across Scotland and processes billions of pounds of public funds annually.

As an Engineering Manager, you will provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, helping your team deliver high-quality services while fostering engineering excellence, modern development practices and continuous improvement. You will work closely with stakeholders to shape technical solutions, improve service performance and ensure systems remain secure, reliable and fit for the future.

Having recently completed a major multi-year transformation programme, the team is now focused on enhancing service capabilities, supporting wider adoption and enabling the future delivery of modern payment services across the Scottish public sector.

Technology Stack
Our services and applications run on AWS using Lambda functions. Backend services are written in C#, while Node.js and TypeScript are used for front-end applications. Persistence is provided by S3, RDS Postgres and DynamoDB. We use GitHub for CI/CD.

Why Join Us?

• A 35-hour working week
• Flexible hybrid working
• Offices in Glasgow or Edinburgh
• A strong Civil Service pension
• Support for continuous professional development

Where You'll Work

This role can be based in either:

• Atlantic Quay, Glasgow
• Victoria Quay, Edinburgh

We offer flexible Hybrid working. Scottish Government currently requires colleagues in hybrid-compatible roles to spend at least 40% of their working time in an agreed workplace location.

Qualifications

Experience:

1. Your Experience Operating Live Systems: Your experience operating live systems enables you to manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.
2. Your Experience Engineering Systems: Your experience engineering systems with a variety of technologies and architectures allows you to lead the design of systems, choosing appropriate technologies, approaches and embedded security controls.
3. Your Experience as a Manager: Your experience as a manager enables you to lead improvements to the operation of the engineering organization, leading initiatives to improve overall engineering team performance.
4. Your Experience Developing People: Your experience as a manager enables you to develop individuals in your team to their full potential and address performance issues.

Experience is assessed at the 'interview' stage, along with the potential for a more in-depth assessment which should be discussed with the hiring manager.

Technical Skills

This role is aligned to the Software Developer Job Role within the Software Engineering / Development Job Family

• Availability and Capacity Management - Practitioner
• Information Security - Practitioner
• Programming and Build (Software Engineering - Management) - Practitioner
• Service Support - Practitioner
• Systems Design - Practitioner
• Systems Integration (Management) - Practitioner
• Modern Development Standards - Expert

You can find out more about the skills required, here: Software developer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework

These skills may be assessed by technical assessment, this should be discussed with the hiring manager.

Working pattern

This role is a permanent level transfer position.

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role, including Flexi-leave. Scottish Government staff in hybrid-compatible roles should aim to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.

How to Apply

Applications for this position will only be accepted from substantive C2 grade employees.

Please submit a CV and a statement outlining your suitability for the role, relevant skills and experience, and what you would bring to the team (maximum 500 words).

Vacancies close at 23:59pm on Friday 13 November.

If you have questions about your application, please contact Alistair Hann at [email protected]

Selection Process

All applicants will be invited to an informal discussion with the hiring manager. There will be no formal testing or assessment.

Discussions are expected to be scheduled for w/c TBC.

Recruitment Principles

As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.

Government, Digital and Data Profession

The Government Digital and Data (GDD) Profession is a UK-wide group of over 24,000 civil servants dedicated to driving digital transformation in government through more efficient, data-driven public services. This community oversees a wide range of responsibilities, including architects, data scientists, engineers, and content designers, across different, multidisciplinary teams.

The profession, sponsored by the Government Digital Service (GDS), offers the frameworks, skills, and development routes necessary for these individuals to thrive and produce improved outcomes for the public.

Pay Supplement

This post is part of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) profession and currently attracts a £6,000.00 annual GDD pay supplement, which is paid monthly – pay supplements are reviewed regularly.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Management & Leadership

• Line management responsibilities for a team, mentoring and developing them to deliver service improvements you identify; and implementing opportunities to optimise processes;
• Applying the most appropriate modern standards and practices, coaching and guiding others in these standards advising on the right way to apply standards and methods to ensure compliance.
• Maintaining technical responsibility for all the stages and iterations of a software development project. Providing technical advice to stakeholders.

Building and Running software

• Set the team-based standards for programming tools and techniques.
• Identify availability and capacity issues, identify, and instigate the required changes.
• Identifying, locating and fixing faults.

Design

• Designing systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity.
• Establishing and iterating design patterns selecting appropriate design standards, methods, and tools, and ensure they are applied effectively. Participating in the information security process, designing and implement embedded security controls in solutions and services.