Do you want to help shape the future of digital integration in Scotland’s public sector?
The Digital Operations team within iTECS plays a vital role in supporting and maintaining a growing range of digital platforms and services across the Scottish Government. As part of this, we are leading the migration of HR and Finance systems to the Oracle Cloud/Fusion platform, ensuring they are reliable, efficient, and future-ready.
Scottish Government have a new role suited to a DevOps engineer experienced with Oracle Cloud, integration, architecture and middleware. Reporting to and supporting the Integrations Lead, you will be responsible for the management, implementation, configuration, and monitoring of integrations across a range of platforms, including Oracle Cloud and other key digital systems. You’ll ensure integrations are properly configured, tested, provisioned, documented, decommissioned, and maintained in line with Scottish Government standards and policies.
Working as part of a new integrations team, you will support both existing and new system integrations while contributing to the strategy for future support operating models—helping to establish best-in-class integration management capability. With your digital integration skills, you will develop deep expertise in Oracle Cloud and gain a full understanding of the end-to-end architecture, integrations, and associated challenges. You’ll collaborate closely with the DG Corporate Hub, iTECS service teams, system owners, and third-party suppliers while also expanding your skills across other IT platforms.
Responsibilities
- Support and development of Scottish Government iTECS managed digital applications integrations architecture, including Oracle Cloud (OIC).
- Support the strategic management, delivery and maintenance of integrations managed by the SG as defined in the integrations catalogue, coordinating and advising on best practice as necessary.
- Review existing build pipelines, and make recommendations to improve code reuse, increase performance, tighten security, and optimise deployment performance.
- Support and agree strategies and technology that ensures the seamless integration of data.
- Support the provision of technical support and resolution for all digital integration incidents, problems and changes.
- Work closely with the Technical Delivery Manager and other specialists such as developers, engineers and programmers to ensure successful integration outcomes.
- Represent iTECS on various fora and boards as necessary.
Success Profile
Success profiles are specific to each job, and they include the mix of experience, skills and behaviours candidates will be assessed on.
Experience
- Lead Criteria 1: Technical knowledge of Oracle HCM & ERP integration components, Oracle middleware and end-to-end architecture.
- Lead Criteria 2: Knowledge of Oracle middleware components – such as SOA Cloud Service, Java Cloud Service (JCS), Visual Builder Cloud Service (VBCS), Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Managed File Transfer (MFT).
- Prior experience and technical knowledge of IT application integrations development and management across different technology stacks at an enterprise scale.
- Understanding of integration transformation and impacting technical change and estimation.
Experience is assessed at sift, along with a more in-depth assessment at interview.
Technical Skills
This role is aligned to the Development Operations (DevOps) Engineer role within the Software Engineering/Development Job Family.
You can find out more about the skills required, here.
These skills are assessed by technical assessment, designed to represent the role. Candidates reaching this stage will receive a Technical Assessment Candidate Pack which outlines the specific skills to be assessed, plus the method of assessment.
Behaviours
- Seeing the Big Picture (Level 3)
- Changing and Improving (Level 3)
You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here.
Behaviours are assessed at interview. Full details will be shared in advance with all candidates invited to this stage.
How To Apply
Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 750 words) which provides evidence of how you meet each of the
4 Experience criteria listed in the Success Profile above.
Candidates will have their applications assessed against all Experience criteria. If a large number of applications are received an initial sift will be conducted on the
Lead Criteria highlighted above. Candidates who pass the initial sift will have their applications fully assessed against the remaining criteria.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment
If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and DDaT Technical assessment where the behaviours, experiences and technical skills outlined in the Success Profile will be assessed.
The sift is scheduled for w/c 22nd December.
Interviews and DDaT Technical assessments are scheduled for
January 2026 however these may be subject to change.
About Us
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including education, health, the economy, justice, housing, and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.
Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.
We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.
As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.
Working pattern
Our standard hours are 35 hours per week, we offer flexible working including full-time, part-time, flexitime, and compressed hours depending on the needs of the role.
From October 2025, the Scottish Government will require staff in hybrid-compatible roles 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 at
Digitalcareers@gov.scot
Security checks
Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).
You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.
DDaT Pay Supplement
This post is part of the Scottish Government Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) profession, as a member of the profession you will join the professional development system. This post currently attracts a £5,000.00 annual DDAT pay supplement, applicable after a 3-month competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are reviewed regularly and there is one currently underway. Changes will be communicated when the review is concluded.
Equality statement
We are committed to equality and inclusion, and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.
Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.
Further information
Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.
Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.
Apply Before: 21st December (23:59)
