Job vacancy: Infrastructure Server specialist, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading

Job summary

Main area: Corporate
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 193-7246999COR

Employer: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Reading
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/06/2025 23:59

Infrastructure Server specialist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role requires knowledge of the following technologies and/or
skills:
• Virtualized environments such as Microsoft Hyper-V
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, DFS GPO’s etc…
• Office 365 (SharePoint, Teams, Exchange Online)
• Mail & Web filtering tools

•Windows Server & Exchange
•VPN applications such as Microsoft Direct Access or Always on VPN
•Remote Desktop Services
•Backup and recovery tools such as Microsoft DPM
•Antivirus – Sophos, Windows Defender
•Microsoft SQL Server
•Microsoft SCCM
The post holder will in addition have managerial responsibility for two Server Engineers and a Platform Engineer.
The post holder will also be responsible to the Infrastructure Manager, for the efficient and effective support of Information Technology and Computerised systems and services throughout the Trust, to support first class patient care.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria

Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
Demonstrable experience and track record of being able to manage a team
Demonstrate a commitment and recognition to the core values and beliefs of an employee of the NHS
Committed to high quality patient care and patient experience
Respectful to and able to promote equality in opportunity, employment, and service delivery
Committed to continuous professional development and personal growth
Able to work within the trust’s attendance targets
Ability to perform the requirements of the post to an acceptable standard.
Demonstrates a positive and flexible approach in line with the changing nature of the trust

Experience

Essential criteria

At least 4 years of relevant experience in similar roles.
Knowledge and experience of Microsoft operating systems.
Knowledge and experience of networking principles.

Desirable criteria

IT experience gained in Acute healthcare setting.

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Post-graduate degree or equivalent
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Infrastructure - Windows Servers, Active directory, group policy, DNS, DHCP, VPN, patching Extensive experience of Microsoft cloud technologies inc Azure, O365
Experience managing a corporate data center and associated technologies
Significant experience VMware products including ESXi / Horizon Significant experience of scripting and automated deployments including powershell
Significant experience supporting and managing a server infrastructure in an enterprise environment
Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
Evidence of continued professional development Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments

Desirable criteria

Microsoft MCSE/MCSA or equivalent qualification.
PRINCE2 Foundation.
ITIL Foundation
Management of Cloud compute platforms (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS) from multiple vendors including Availability, Scaling, Costs & Security.

Staff Benefits

Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
NHS pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Money Advice Service
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
On-site nursery (based at RBH)
Full educational library services
Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
Bus to work scheme
Excellent rail and bus links
A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system (TRAC). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, that as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information. All new appointments to the Trust, with the exception of executive positions, are subject to a 6 month probationary period.

The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies.

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.