Job vacancy: Junior Infrastructure and Cloud engineer, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Bromley

Job summary

Main area: Infrastructure and Cloud
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 334-NCL-7793258-MU

Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Pauls
Town: Bromley
Salary: £44,485 - £52,521 Per Annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2026 23:59

Junior Infrastructure and Cloud engineer

NHS AfC: Band 6

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide Technical Services for Identity Services, Storage, Virtualized platforms, Security and AV services, Domain Services, Proxy, Windows and Linux systems, Containerized platforms, Monitoring services and Public Cloud services ((Office 365, Hybrid Email and Azure ARM) and backup services maintaining operational efficiency and above SLA performance.

• BAU Administration of the groups platform services for Storage, Virtualized platforms, Security and AV services, Domain Services, Proxy, Windows and Linux systems,

Containerized platforms Monitoring services and Public Cloud services ((Office 365, Hybrid Email and Azure ARM) and backup services maintaining operational efficiency and above SLA performance.

• Monitor the trusts Infrastructure Services platform to make sure that service levels are met for the customer

• Infrastructure design and implementation for new services with external support as required.

• Undertake evaluations of new and emerging technologies and make recommendations regarding their suitability and possible implementation

• Maintain and document services in accordance with Trust systems

• Support and mentor team members as required for personal development and knowledge transfer

• Other activity from time to time as required to support the operation of Infrastructure Service’s

• Abide to the department and trusts policies and procedures

Communications and Working Relationships:

The role will require a proactive approach to working relationships and could entail working with any vested partner of South London and Maudsley NHS trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Education to Degree level or equivalent experience
VM Ware VC or equivalent experience
Relevant application services accreditations
MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure

Desirable criteria

ITIL Foundation Version 3

Experience

Essential criteria

Ability to administer and maintain identity services, storage, virtualized platforms, security and AV services, Domain Services, Proxy, Windows and Linux Systems,
Containerised platforms Monitoring services and Public Cloud services (office 365, Hybrid Email and Azure ARM) and backup services maintaining operational efficiency and above SLA performance
Experience of creating and configuring hardware configurations for server specifications
Ability to identify the Root cause of issues
Good working knowledge of Microsoft office applications and other common desktop software such as antivirus and productivity suites
Experience of designing and administering group policies objects for the forests.
Experience of designing and administering group policies objects for the forests.
Experience of Storage infrastructure Administration
Deployed and manage patch management solutions for Enterprise environment
Experience of supporting DEVOPS environments include continuous deployment methods and Kubernetes systems
Experience of supporting DEVOPS environments include continuous deployment methods and Kubernetes systems
Customer focused with Good verbal communication skills
Excellent standard of written English
Good time management
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team to SLA deadlines
Ability to plan, agree, schedule, document and implement changes using a structured change control process
Ability to follow instructions and work unsupervised
Logical, methodical, pro-active and enthusiastic in working practices
The ability to translate technical Jargon information for a customers’ to understand
The ability to work on occasion longer hours to get the job completed for deadlines.

Desirable criteria

Experience of troubleshooting complex technology issues identifying the root cause.
Relevant experience of hands on ICT Server administration in an enterprise environment
Relevant experience administering and maintaining office 365 and Hybrid Exchange Environments
Knowledge of Office 365 and Hybrid exchange platforms
Experience in maintaining and supporting Linux server infrastructure
Relevant experience administering a complex multi domain active directory environment of around 50k objects and 100+ sites using the relevant tools to assist.
Experience in managing and Martian Domain Services such as FSMO roles, DNS, DHCP in an enterprise environment
Management of Proxy Services
SQL Administration on premise and cloud
Administration of backup technologies

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

That all applications for this post will need to be made online
That you read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful
That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

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