Grade: SEO – Senior Executive Officer
Total remuneration: £54,145 - £63,750
Pay Supplement: The base salary for this role is £46,677 - £54,957. This job qualifies for Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay Supplement 16% is included in the salary band above.
Pension: of base salary (RoS contribution)
Annual leave: 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
Duration: Permanent
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns on a case-by-case basis. For example, compressed hours, term-time working or part-time working.
Location: Hybrid working model. Contractual base either at Meadowbank House, Edinburgh (EH8 7AU), or St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow (G2 5LD). You will be expected to attend one of these locations as required by the role.
Department: IT Enablement
Directorate: Digital, Data and Technology
Role Reports to: Head of IT Enablement
Closing date: 23th of October 23:59
Number of vacancies: 1
Registers of Scotland (RoS)
Join an award-winning organisation recognised for its technology and innovation. Registers of Scotland is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. Our full-stack teams design, architect, and build all our registration products in-house. We work to create digital solutions for the people of Scotland. You will get an opportunity to nurture your creativity and develop with us through access to the latest data, software engineering and product delivery techniques.
This job is for you if you want…
1. Work with purpose: working for the people of Scotland to set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
2. Flexible and hybrid working: depending on the role and team requirements, work when and where it’s best for you and your stakeholders.
3. Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to, up to a year’s parental leave, and 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
4. Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
5. Diversity and Inclusion: We are an ‘Investor in People’ and a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
6. Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.
To learn more about RoS and what we offer visit our or watch this.
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The Role
Join our innovative tech team as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer and help shape the future of RoS! We're looking for a dedicated and experienced engineer to lead on exciting projects, solve complex challenges and support our digital infrastructure which underpins all internal user products and services to the public.
On a typical day you will…
You’ll work in a cutting-edge team of infrastructure specialists and engineers to:
7. ensure services are integrated, delivered and operate as required
8. work with and support third parties in providing infrastructure services
9. work with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operations
10. provide input into the direction of the services being maintained including contribution towards – budget management, technology roadmaps, projects, initiatives and tasks
Key Responsibilities
Essential Criteria – Skills and Attributes for Success
Experience/Technical:
We will assess you against the following Technical Experience during the application and assessment process:
11. Substantive proven experience in providing senior level network engineer support, bringing a strong background in troubleshooting and maintaining complex infrastructure.
12. Skilled in managing firewall technologies, with a particular focus on Palo Alto solutions.
13. Well-versed in VPN technologies, including hands-on expertise with GlobalProtect.
14. Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex infrastructure challenges and deliver robust solutions within tight deadlines.
15. Adaptable and collaborative, with a track record of working effectively in agile environments alongside diverse, cross-functional teams.
Behaviours
At application stage, you will be scored against the bolded Behaviours and against all Behaviours on the assessment:
16. Communicating and Influencing and Working Together
17. Leadership
18. Making Effective Decisions
19. Managing a Quality Service
Stage one - Application Process
To apply, click on 'Apply now' and complete the online application form.
You will need to submit:
20. A CV outlining your career history and how you meet the technical experience criteria (max 4 pages).
21. Responses explaining how you meet the required behaviours aspects of the role (maximum 300 words per answer in the spaces provided).
22. As part of the application process you will receive an online assessment invitation via the Hackerrank and you will have 3 days to complete it.
Please note:
23. If we receive a high volume of applications, we may complete an initial sift on Managing a Quality Service and Making Effective Decisions.
24. We reserve the right to invite candidates to participate in a telephone interview prior to being further assessed.
25. Applications that are not accompanied by CVs or responses exceeding 300 words per behaviour will not be considered.
26. Applicants that will not complete the Online assessment via the Hackerrank will be disqualified from the process.
27. We would strongly recommend that your statement is written in the (Situation, Task, Action & Result) and preparing your answers using software such as MS Word or Google Docs, and then uploading the file.
28. We strongly advise you review our policy on in the application process. RoS may check answers with an AI detection tool and will contact you for a pre-screening call to verify your responses.
29. Applications and appointments are subject to a strict merit-based assessment process, in line with the.
Stage two – assessment
If successful at application stage, you will be invited to an in-person interview which will include the following:
30. Behaviour based interview
31. Case study presentation, more details on that will be shared with the candidates on the assessment day and no prior preparation is necessary
Information on Success Profiles
For further information on success profiles, visit our.
Recruitment timeline
32. Closing date: 23th October
33. Hackerrank assessment sent: 24th October
34. Hackerrank assessment deadline: 26th October at 23:59
35. Application sift: 30th October
36. Invites to assessment: 3rd November
37. Interviews: Week commencing 10th November (subject to change)
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you progress to interview stage.
Reserve List
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
Nationality and immigration status
In general, only nationals from the following countries (and associations of countries) are eligible for employment in the Civil Service: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Commonwealth. EU nationals (with settled or pre-settled status), certain EEA nationals, Swiss and Turkish nationals are also eligible for employment. Detailed provisions on determining eligibility on the grounds of nationality and, where relevant, immigration status can be.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a Basic check.
Individuals working with government assets must complete baseline.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
As a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. RoS is a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of selection process is used. To learn more about diversity at RoS please see our .
As part of the application process, we would like to invite you to please complete our diversity monitoring form. This information is not shared with recruitment panels.
If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via. Please see for more information on adjustments.
DDaT supplement
This post is part of the Digital, Data and Technology profession (DDAT) and attracts a pay supplement. This is a tool which RoS uses to benchmark our salaries against current market rates. A review of the benchmark is undertaken every two years, this means that the supplement may go up or down depending on market activity. Advance notice will be given of any changes.
Further information
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38. Additional details on pay & benefits
39. The Civil Service Code
40. Complaints process
41. Use of AI in the application/recruitment process
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