Storage & Virtualisation Team Leader

Job details

• Job reference: 249272
• Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
• Job closing date: 14/06/2026
• Job Type: Administrative Services
• Location: Westward House
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Job posted date: 28/05/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
• Department: Operations

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The role:

The Storage & Virtualisation Team Lead is a key leadership position within Operations Infrastructure Services. The role offers significant development potential for both experienced managers and technical specialists transitioning into leadership. The post holder will act as the central point of expertise for server, storage, backup and virtualisation services, maintaining security, performance and KPI compliance across an estate exceeding 1,000 servers.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Full-time, Permanent

Base location - Westward House

Shift Pattern - Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00

Key responsibilities:

• Leadership and management of a technical support team overseeing core infrastructure services.
• Senior leadership participation within the wider Operations and eHealth management structure.
• Ensuring support teams follow safe and secure processes aligned with NHSGGC and national policy.
• Identifying, implementing, and supporting service improvements within the team and across wider initiatives.
• Leading collaboration with project teams and third parties to develop, deliver, and transition change into operational support.
• Defining and adopting service design standards, OLAs/SLAs, monitoring, and proactive maintenance practices.
• Acting as the main contact for server and storage management, backups, virtual networking, and Fibre Channel networking.
• Managing access and environmental monitoring across multiple data centres.
• Leading major incident management, applying advanced problem‑solving and deep technical experience.

Leadership and management of a technical support team overseeing core infrastructure services.

Senior leadership participation within the wider Operations and eHealth management structure.

Ensuring support teams follow safe and secure processes aligned with NHSGGC and national policy.

Identifying, implementing, and supporting service improvements within the team and across wider initiatives.

Leading collaboration with project teams and third parties to develop, deliver, and transition change into operational support.

Defining and adopting service design standards, OLAs/SLAs, monitoring, and proactive maintenance practices.

Acting as the main contact for server and storage management, backups, virtual networking, and Fibre Channel networking.

Managing access and environmental monitoring across multiple data centres.

Leading major incident management, applying advanced problem‑solving and deep technical experience.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

• VMware vSphere in large distributed environments, including synchronous/asynchronous replication.
• Advanced Windows Server diagnostics.
• Windows Clustering and Cisco Fibre Channel switching.
• Veeam Backup & Replication and associated monitoring tools.
• Experience with server/virtualisation platforms such as IBM, HP, Dell, and related storage technologies (e.g., Fibre Channel).
• Scripting, storage protocols, snapshots/replication, and performance optimisation techniques.

VMware vSphere in large distributed environments, including synchronous/asynchronous replication.

Advanced Windows Server diagnostics.

Windows Clustering and Cisco Fibre Channel switching.

Veeam Backup & Replication and associated monitoring tools.

Experience with server/virtualisation platforms such as IBM, HP, Dell, and related storage technologies (e.g., Fibre Channel).

Scripting, storage protocols, snapshots/replication, and performance optimisation techniques.

What we offer:

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Bob McCafferty, Operations Technical Services Manager - Bob.mccafferty@nhs.scot - 07979 787851

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

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