About The Organisation

National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating at the heart of NHSScotland, providing support and advice at strategic and operational levels. NSS helps customers deliver services more efficiently and effectively, offering shared services on a national scale with best-in-class systems and standards. The priority is to improve the health and well-being of the people of Scotland by partnering with Health and Social Care colleagues to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions and services that free up resources for essential services.

The Post

To meet increasing demand from internal NSS customers, NHS Boards, Scottish Government, and the wider Public Sector in Scotland, NSS Digital & Security is recruiting two Solutions Architects. The core purpose is to provide technology solutions architecture and design leadership to implement significant national solutions and services across NHS Scotland, ensuring solutions align with the required business and operational outcomes.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Leading and undertaking solutions architecture and design activities as part of significant and complex customer projects and other initiatives
• Working as part of multi-disciplinary project delivery teams to ensure technology solutions are efficient, robust, secure, and aligned with agreed outcomes and roadmaps
• Leading and supporting the development of future state architecture and providing digital and technology strategic advice and guidance to NHS Scotland and other Public Sector customers

You will be a key player in the development of the Architecture function, in partnership with Enterprise Architects, Solutions Architects, Digital Business Analysts, Consultants and other Digital & Security teams, ensuring a consistent, robust and professional approach to architecture and design.

The Candidate

You should be educated to degree level or have equivalent, demonstrable experience. Knowledge and experience of solutions architecture and design within significant and complex projects is required. The role requires a delivery-minded, curious and tenacious approach to drive new ways of working and technology implementation to achieve step changes in delivery capability. The ability to lead and manage a team is required.

Location and Working Pattern

The posts can be based at either Gyle Square in Edinburgh or Delta House, Glasgow. We are currently working in a hybrid model, which is under review, and we would welcome a discussion from candidates not based near the above locations to discuss logistics. Monday – Friday, 37 hours per week. It is a condition of employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post.

Benefits

Our benefits package includes a pension scheme, a comprehensive range of work-life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.

Inclusion

NSS is a national board and an anchor institution committed to being diverse and inclusive. Flexible working is encouraged to support balance between personal and professional responsibilities. NSS offers learning and development opportunities to improve diversity, inclusion and mental health in the workplace, with equality staff networks available to join. NSS is an equal opportunities employer and guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the Recruitment Team.

Further Information

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Justin Gilliland, Head of Service, via email justin.gilliland2@nhs.scot. Closing date for completed applications is Thursday 23 October 2025. For more information on NSS, visit https://www.nss.nhs.scot/.

Please note that the majority of correspondence is by e-mail, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).