# Senior Server and Datacentre Engineer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Northwick Park Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum Including High Cost Area Supplement
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-Call required)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T12:30:42.236Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harrow/London_North_West_University_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Digital_Services_Datacentre/Digital_Services_Datacentre-v8077148
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8077148?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder is responsible for Datacentre support, all processes and activities relating to the Datacentre, server infrastructure, storage, backups, and associated applications within the team’s portfolio. The post-holder will investigate, manage, and resolve issues and problems raised against the portfolio, liaising with third-party system suppliers as necessary. The postholder will assure the specifications for and delivery of any change requests set against the team’s Datacentre portfolio. The post holder will be responsible for strategic planning relating the current and future configuration of the Datacentre portfolio and will manage work streams within wider Digital Services projects or programmes. The post holder will also develop training programmes for the Datacentre portfolio to ensure that business processes are optimised and ensure the smooth running of technical operations on a 24/7 basis.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the senior Datacentre team to liaise and lead the operation of the Datacentre function, comprised of a team of Datacentre specialists that provide a service to all Trust staff and other users, ensuring that they meet agreed service levels and provide a responsive customer-facing service.

This is a joint role across LNW and THH and the post holder will work across organisational boundaries to align team effort and outputs to ensure coordinated delivery to meet sector goals and initiatives as required.

The post holder will support and actively participate in joint management arrangements across the North West London Integrated Care Systems (ICS) as required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge and experience

**Essential**

- Experience in supporting end-users and digital infrastructure in a healthcare setting, including; Microsoft products; VMWare ESXi/vCenter configuration and management; Horizon VDI configuration and management; managing Active Directory; SAN management, including FC Zoning and LUN and Volume management
- Experience of infrastructure management including change management, system testing and root cause analysis; backup, recovery and business continuity

**Desirable**

- Experience in managing a cloud environment, including Microsoft Azure

### Education/ qualifications

**Essential**

- Qualified to Master or equivalent skills, knowledge or experience in a relevant field.
- Track record of continuous professional development.

**Desirable**

- Holds or has held a VMWare VCP Qualification

### Skills, abilities, and attributes

**Essential**

- Customer focus; able to identify, develop and manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent trouble shooting and Root Cause Analysis skills, within complex infrastructure stacks
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

**Desirable**

- Ability to plan and design high quality training materials and packages for a variety of training interventions including e-learning and face to face training to small and large groups.

## Documents

- [heart values (pdf, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2615)
- [guidance for applying (pdf, 914.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1549)
- [senior server and datacentre engineer (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10369040)

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