Job overview

Are you a Digital Platform expert looking to make a real difference in healthcare? We’re seeking a Senior Platform Lifecycle Engineer to join the NCA and play a vital role in transforming how we deliver critical services.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for assessment of existing platforms, participating in upgrade or replacement projects, and executing lifecycle management strategies in line with NHS standards and industry best practices

Working across platforms both on-premise and Cloud, you’ll collaborate with IT and clinical teams to optimise Platform delivery, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. You’ll refresh, replace and decommission platforms.

Your expertise will be key in troubleshooting complex issues, and implementing best practices for security and compliance within the NHS framework. You’ll ensure our Platforms are robust and capable of supporting life-saving applications and systems, all while keeping patient data secure.

If you are someone who values consistent effort, love problem-solving, and want to contribute to meaningful change in the healthcare sector, this is the opportunity for you. Join the NHS and help us build a future-ready cloud platform that powers better care for all.

This is hybrid role with an expectation of 2-3 days working on site.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Platform Lifecycle Engineer at NCA, you will support the lifecycle management of essential digital platforms for healthcare operations. Your key tasks include implementing lifecycle activities, assessing existing platforms, and executing management strategies in line with NHS standards.

You will collaborate with senior team members and stakeholders to gather requirements, evaluate platform options, and offer technical expertise. Your role will focus on identifying innovations, optimizing costs, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will also provide technical support for platform issues, including troubleshooting performance problems, coordinating with vendors, and implementing solutions to minimize service disruptions.

Your contributions will enhance platform infrastructure, improving system performance, scalability, and reliability. Your technical skills, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence will ensure effective management of digital platforms, ultimately supporting high-quality healthcare delivery within the NCA.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.