Power SPPAs cloud-first operational excellence with your expertise!
The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers, Police and Fire-fighters pension schemes in Scotland.
This role is central to enabling SPPAs secure, reliable and modern cloud services by leading the design, implementation and ongoing management of critical infrastructure across Azure and wider platforms. Working closely with colleagues, suppliers and partners, you will drive the development of scalable, secure solutions using modern standards, scripting tools (such as Python and DevOps platforms) and infrastructure-as-code approaches, while ensuring robust governance, effective problem resolution, system integration and continuous improvement across SPPAs technology landscape.
You can find out more about the full skills required here: Infrastructure engineer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework
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If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and job-related simulation.
Sifting will commence from 6 July 2026.
Assessments are scheduled for w/c 27 July 2026, however this may be subject to change.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
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