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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
A skilled professional to work in a busy customer focused and technically challenging environment within ICT Services.
Responsible for supporting, maintaining and troubleshooting server infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, security, and reliability
across all systems.
Experience of ICT support role encompassing some of the following:
* VMWare/Patching/Server
* Hardware/Server Storage/AD
* Management and Group
* Policy/Backup and Restore/File Services/Application Installation and Configuration
Experience of setting up new servers and services in a variety of settings including business critical applications
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the Systems Support Team within ICT Services and will undertake the technical tasks required in providing
comprehensive systems support service to the Health Board, and other organisations.
The post holder will be involved in project and technical support.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent demonstrable level of work experience and knowledge
Desirable criteria
* ITIL Intermediate Lifecycle qualification
* One or more certified MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), MCP (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer).
* Formal project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE 2)
Experience
Essential criteria
* Excellent team worker, able to work collaboratively as part of an innovative and agile team, whilst being able to manage personal workloads to meet agreed deadlines
* In depth understanding of other ICT server systems including virtualisation, remote desktop and server hardware
* Evidence of leading the design, development and deployment of computer system upgrades and implementations
* Experience of using a major call management / helpdesk application
* Providing expert advice and knowledge of digital technology solutions, their implementation and ongoing management.
* Identification of risks and risk management
* Creating and maintaining technical documentation
Desirable criteria
* Delivery of server services using core Microsoft solutions, leading application vendors and Enterprise standard hardware
* Experience of SQL Server environment
* Experience of Citrix environment
* Experience of setting up new servers and services in a variety of settings including business critical applications
* Experience of ICT service provision in a health care setting
* Experience of technical systems management in a Unix environment
Skill
Essential criteria
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, verbal and written and reporting skills
* Able to deal effectively with staff, customers, and suppliers at all levels
* Good organisational skills
* Understanding of business continuity testing and legislative requirements such as Network Information Systems Directive (NISD) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
* Can demonstrate an understanding of the importance of service availability in critical environments
* Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and command the respect of peers within and outside of the organisation to deliver the right solution
Desirable criteria
* Understanding of ITIL service management functions and processes
* Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential criteria
* Able to work as part of an On-Call Rota for out of hours’ escalation.
* Able to meet travel requirements of the role
* Will be required to work unsociable hours as necessary, in order to minimise systems unavailability
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