Technical Consultant (Infrastructure Operations)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the role, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Please note that this is a short-term fixed term contract.

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Security Clearance

To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years.

Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.

Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You dont need to have security clearance level already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for security clearance level after offer, will result in the job offer being withdrawn.

For further advice please checkhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels#security-check-sc.

For further information on National Security Vetting please check National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK, information on the Security Vetting and Clearances Intranet page or contactengland.securityvetting@nhs.net.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Extensive experience implementing and managing infrastructure across large scale hybrid enterprises utilising varied Operating Systems and Cloud Hosting Providers
• Significant experience of following Release, Change, Configuration and Project management processes
• Experience using Scripting (such as GraphQL) to deliver quality assurance and automation and reporting

Skills

• Experience of successfully implementing a flexible and pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Experience of delivering projects in an IT environment
• Proven track record for ownership and completion of tasks and self-management of parallel activities
• Demonstrable experience in at least two of the following LINUX/UNIX OS installation, administration and maintenance, ideally in Ubuntu Server RHEL/CentOS LINUX/UNIX shell scripting MS Windows Server administration and maintenance, including batch file scripting VMware vCenter and ESXI administration

Qualifications

• Any/all of the following: Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) MS AZ-104 or AZ-303 AWS SysOps Administrator
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Interpersonal Skills

• Proven ability to effectively negotiate with customers/service owners
• Proven ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload and effectively manage conflicting demands and expectations
• Proven ability to present information in a well-structured and easily understandable form; both written and graphically

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• What do you see as the challenges of leading and managing a diverse workforce?
• How would you advocate for diversity with a co-worker who doesn't understand its importance?

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Any NHSE offices

National

EX2 5SE

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/