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Senior Server and Datacentre Engineer

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Harrow, HA1 3UJ

Salary

£55,524 to £62,652

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

9 September 2026

9 days left

Job description

The post holder is responsible for Datacentre support, all processes and activities relating to the Datacentre, server infrastructure, storage, backup...

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.

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

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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

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

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.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

26 August 2026

Last checked

28 August 2026

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About the employer

LNW
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

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