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Job summary

Main area
IT
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Full time 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
251-CORP6931-SS
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Town
Winchester
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/03/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Server Specialist

Band 7

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Server Specialist engineer  to join the Server team at Hampshire. This role will be focused on managing and maintaining  server operating systems and hosting systems across a wide array of clinical and administrative disciplines.  
The post is full-time and permanent

Benefits include
- Excellent NHS pension
- 28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Flexible working options
- Working from home may be available

Main duties of the job

The Server team supports 1000+ Servers of which 90% are virtualized. The Server Specialist role is a key asset in maintaining operational activities of the IT servers and storage and hosting environments including critical business systems.

Duties will involve the following skillsets:

Customer engagement, negotiation and communication

Project management

Risk Management

Change Mangement

Windows Server Operating System migrations/upgrades

Nutanix HCI

VMWare 

 

Working for our organisation

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three hospitals in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover, as well as in the care we provide in the community. We provide medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire and specialist services to people across the UK and internationally.

Based in Winchester, you will also be required to work at the other HHFT sites at Basingstoke and Andover as required and participate in the Server Team on-call rota so personal transport is essential

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • ITIL Practioner Qualification
  • Microsoft Certification
  • PRINCE2 Certification
  • Relevant IT Vendor Certification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive IT experience gained within an enterprise environment
  • Evidence of depth and breadth of delivering it solutions across multiple disciplines
  • Specialist knowledge and expertise of at least one of the key IT areas
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of clinical systems
  • Thorough understanding of IT Security

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to understand, interpret and communicate highly complex IT Functionality issues, whilst working under extreme pressure.
  • Able to plan and prioritise work
  • Analyses, investigate and resolve complex IM&T issues/problems
  • Flexible approach to working hours
  • Able to fit and rack server/ storage equipment
Desirable criteria
  • Project management
  • Change management
  • Risk management

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Marc Scanlon
Job title
Server Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07769720219
Additional information



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