Senior On Premise Platform Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior On Premise Platform Engineer to join our NHS IT team, playing a critical role in supporting the technology infrastructure that powers essential healthcare services.

As a Server Engineer, you will ensure the smooth operation, security & scalability of the server environments that underpin our healthcare systems, enabling clinical staff to deliver high-quality patient care. In this role, you will be responsible for the installation, configuration & maintenance of both physical and virtual servers, ensuring optimal performance and availability. You will manage server security, perform system upgrades, and troubleshoot any issues that arise, ensuring minimal downtime. Additionally, you will work closely with IT teams across the NHS to implement best practices, support data security, and contribute to disaster recovery planning. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing Windows and Linux server environments, virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V), and backup solutions. Familiarity with healthcare IT systems, compliance requirements, and the unique challenges of supporting a 24/7 critical infrastructure is highly desirable.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a technical expert who is passionate about making a difference in healthcare through IT. Your work will have a direct impact on improving patient outcomes by ensuring that the technology systems supporting NHS staff are reliable, secure, and effective.

 

Main duties of the job

Your primary responsibility will involve assisting in the design, deployment, and maintenance of on-premises server and platform environments across NCA sites. This includes supporting the installation of physical and virtual servers, storage systems, databases, middleware components, and other platform infrastructure components, ensuring compliance with NHS standards and industry best practices.

Furthermore, you will be responsible for providing technical support to diagnose and resolve server and platform issues and incidents efficiently. Utilising your problem-solving skills and knowledge of server and platform technologies, you will assist in identifying root causes and implementing solutions to minimise downtime and disruptions to healthcare services, thereby ensuring optimal system performance.

In addition to providing support, you will assist in implementing basic security measures to protect server and platform environments and sensitive data. This may involve assisting in the implementation of access controls, monitoring systems, and adherence to security policies to mitigate cybersecurity risks within server and platform systems.

Your dedication, attention to detail, and commitment to providing high-quality technical support services will be vital in supporting the delivery of healthcare services to patients and staff within the NCA.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant degree level or equivalent or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Relevant subject matter qualification (e.g. Microsoft//VMWare) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

  • Project Management Qualification (Prince2, SCRUM, etc)
  • ITIL Qualification

Skills

Essential

  • Able to plan and prioritise work.
  • Analyse, investigate and resolve complex IT issues/problems.
  • Able to communicate effectively with all levels of staff both within and external to the organisation.
  • Advanced and accurate keyboard skills
  • Able to work under own initiative to proactively pick up and complete tasks.

Desirable

  • Able to support large scale projects.
  • Able to complete Change Management processes

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

  • Experience of using IT Service Management (ITSM) Systems
  • Experience focussing on IT infrastructure gained within an enterprise environment.
  • Evidence of supporting IT solutions across multiple disciplines.
  • Knowledge of IT “best practice” standards, procedures, policies and protocols
  • Some knowledge of common alternative subject matter systems such as Unix, Linux, OS X.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of working in a Healthcare IT environment.
  • Understanding of IT Security

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 19 November 2025

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