Patrick Grace Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Configuration & Change Delivery branch provide software development, test and configuration management capabilities as part of our services support. The Head of Configuration and Change Delivery post requires closely working with colleagues - leading the Service Delivery and Infrastructure branches – providing, utilising and complimenting the processes and services offered through these branches.The post oversees the transition of change from concept to release, and governs the software lifecycle of services provided to the organisation. The role is accountable for the activities undertaken by the branch, ensuring that adequate measures, resources and guidance are in place that can support the corporate objectives of the Agency and wider Scottish Government.The role consists of the following main responsibilities:-Ensures that resources are made available to support the agreed programme of systems development and that they are properly utilised and accounted for-Plans and manages the evaluation of the organisation’s software development standards, methods and procedures. Identifies, proposes, and initiates software process improvement activities within the organisation, devising solutions-Uses appropriate quality assurance processes to ensure that systems development projects are carried out in accordance with the organisation’s agreed standards, methods and procedures-Takes full responsibility for the management of all testing activities within complex projects or programmes of projects, combining effort with IT staff and clients/users and evaluating risk potential based on the results of the testing during all stages of developmentManages technical staff involved in maintaining the Configuration Management system(s)-Liaises with project managers to manage the expectations for the testing stages of projects. Agrees "quality gate" criteria and corrective action-Controls acceptance of software from external suppliers

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsible for the creation and maintenance of the processes and controls necessary for identification, classification and control of configurable items and ensuring that related information is complete, current and accurate. Also responsible for the evaluation and improvement of existing CM systems and the design, implementation and management of new/improved systems.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Main duties include :Responsibility for defining and designing the overall technical solutions for System Changes resulting from Change Requests or larger development projects; ensuring that there is a common and shared understanding of proposed solutions;Organizing and leading the development effort required to provide the solution;Responsibility for developing and maintaining development standards, procedures and methodologies in relation to systems development;Ensuring that standards are defined, promoted, and adhered to within the development area;Collaboration with other related areas to ensure that standards and processes are compatible where they cross teams;Promote and champion the benefits of ITIL Service Management and ensure that processes are managed in accordance with ITIL Service Management;Member of the Change Advisory Board.

Leads a development team covering two areas, database design and user interface design using the webMethods Composite Application Framework. The responsibilities of this role include database modelling and coding; design and creation of webservices; and the design, documentation and implementation of CAF solutions to business needs.My duties as Technical Team Leader extend to the managment of deployments to multiple environments; training and mentoring staff; fault diagnosis and code governance.

Postgraduate Diploma, Computing For Commerce & Industry

Subjects studied: Analysis and design of enterprise systems: an object-oriented approach Managing the software enterprise Software.

Bsc, Combined Studies (Programming, Software Engineering, Physics)