Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Digital Infrastructure Engineer
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-COR-SO-0527
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Southend on Sea
- Salary
- £55,690 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Digital Infrastructure Engineer
Band 8a
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Here at MSE we have an exciting opening for a Senior Digital Infrastructure Engineer to be a part of the Digital Platforms Team delivering high quality support and reliable infrastructure across three acute sites and expanding into the wider local health economy.
At MSE we value the flexible working module therefore we allow our team to work from home when not required on site. However you will need to visit all 3 trusts sites when required and be part of an on call rota.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be able to specify, design, develop, implement and support technical solutions across the MSE trust. You will be liaising with and managing third party suppliers, short-term contractors and trust staff as well as project managers. You should have proven experience of server support with previous exposure to management tools including SCEM and InTune and have a strong understanding of ITIL service management methodologies.
Due to the nature of the position, you will be required to participate in an on call rota, some antisocial hours working for project go lives and occasional physical visits to sites in Essex.
You should live/stay within reasonable driving distance of the Trust’s physical sites.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We look forward to your application.
Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Rubrik Qualified
- VMWare / Nutanix AHV Qualified
Experience
Essential criteria
- In depth experience of Microsoft Active Directory 2012 and later including group policy design and troubleshooting
- Substantial experience working in a 3rd line support
- Experience in administration of Large Active Directory Domains
- Azure Infrastructure
- Microsoft SCEM / InTune experience
- Experience with Server and Endpoint security technologies.
Desirable criteria
- Cyber Security Experience
- Microsoft SQL Server (2008 R2 onwards)
Working in a complex environment
Essential criteria
- Evidence a good understanding of technical investigational skills and root cause analysis
- The ability to lead a technical response to emerging or existing security threats
- Must be within travelling distance of all physical Trust sites to support operational requirements
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering and supporting complex technology solutions across multiple site networks and infrastructures
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Perry Reynolds
- Job title
- Head of Digital Platforms
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004432031
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