Server Engineer

Nhs View All Jobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking a Senior Server Engineer to manage hybrid cloud services and hyperconverged infrastructure across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. The role requires strong troubleshooting, mentoring, and leadership in ITIL processes.

You will work with Azure IaaS, Nutanix, PowerShell, and AD services, communicating with senior stakeholders and guiding technical initiatives in a politically sensitive public sector setting.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience.
• Microsoft certification such as MCSE or equivalent.
• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) and ITIL Foundation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain operational management of hybrid cloud services and hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Mentor junior staff and lead ITIL processes like Change, Major Incident and Problem Management.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical colleagues and external partners.

Skills

PowerShell scripting

Azure IaaS

Nutanix AHV

Active Directory

Windows Server

VMware

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject

Post-graduate degree

Tools

Nutanix Prism Central/Element

Nutanix Files

BeyondTrust Remote Console

AD DS Group Policy

Job description

o The postholder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels including corporate ICB colleagues, ICT peers and direct reports, partners, supplierso Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide, information and analytical advice and expertise.o To liaise with other managers to share best practice.o Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior levelo Good presentational skills for conveying complex conceptso Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others,

• For further details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification Job description
  The Senior Server Engineer will be part of a team responsible for the operational management of hybrid cloud services including hyperconverged infrastructure, spanning multiple on premises datacentres as well as third party cloud vendors. The team is also responsible for many traditional bare metal services located across the North East London ICB customer base. This role is a highly skilled technical role, requiring strong troubleshooting skills and an eye for detail. The role requires experience with various technologies and tools such as Nutanix AHV, Nutanix Prism Central/Element, Nutanix Files, Nutanix failover business continuity, Azure IaaS, PowerShell, API integrations, Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, Group Policy, DHCP, BeyondTrust Remote Console and Privileged Remote Access, Adaxes, ManageEngine.

This role is a senior role, as such mentoring of junior employees is required, as well as communication of complex technical tasks to non-technical colleagues and customers. Occasional requirement to provide team leadership when line management is on leave, as well as leadership in ITIL processes such as Change Management, Major Incident Management and Problem management.

Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area

• Microsoft MCSE or equivalent certification
• Nutanix Multicloud Infrastructure Professional or above
• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
• ITILv3 or newer Foundation

Desirable

• Post-graduate degree or equivalent
• Azure Administration (AZ-104)

Experience Essential

• Extensive experience of Microsoft cloud technologies inc Azure, O365
• Significant experience of server virtualization on VMware / Nutanix
• Significant experience of scripting and automated deployments including powershell
• Significant experience supporting and managing a server infrastructure in an enterprise environment
• Significant Experience in providing specialist, professional technical support and guidance to peers and colleagues.
• Significant experience in performance monitoring and proposing corrective actions
• Experience managing a corporate data center and associated technologies
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of managing risks and reporting
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence
• Understanding of the public sector

Desirable

• Experience in a healthcare environment
• Knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project

Knowledge Essential

• Powershell Scripting
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Infrastructure - Windows Servers, DNS, DHCP, File Services
• Extensive knowledge of Active Directory inc. group policies in a complex multi-site environment
• Extensive knowledge of Azure IaaS services
• Extensive knowledge of Hyperconverged technologies (Nutanix)

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional development

NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.

We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements. We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy. We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing. Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy.