Main area: Digital Operations Server Team
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri)
Job ref: 001-AC084-0525
Employer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospital of Wales (UHW)
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/06/2025 23:59
IT Server Support Consultant
Band 6
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
· We are kind and caring
· We are respectful
· We have trust and integrity
· We take personal responsibility
OUR REGION:
Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline, as well as charming towns including Penarth and Cowbridge. Those seeking more culture may find themselves drawn to the National Museum, St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life or the Millennium Centre, home of the Welsh National Opera. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
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
Job overview
Design and technical implementation and support of the Health Board’s IT Server Systems. Provision of support to IT staff, and where appropriate, training and mentoring of junior staff.
The term “IT Server Systems” refers to networked IT Systems (principally, but not necessarily, File, Application or Infrastructure Servers) using the Microsoft Windows or Linux Server operating system based on physical or virtual hardware.
This infrastructure is currently based on a National AD domain, VMWare, Windows Server, Linux and Veeam and M365. A number of servers/services will be moving to Azure or AWS in the future. The role will include both ongoing day to day support as well as development, build and implementation of this infrastructure. Maintenance of security within the infrastructure will be a key responsibility including maintaining migration and upgrade pathways and plans. As will contributions to the strategic advance and betterment of the Health Board's server based digital provision in a rapidly evolving society seeking to make best uses new infrastructure models such as cloud based services.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity exists within the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's Digital Operations Department for an IT Server Support Consultant.
The Server Team maintain two main data centres supporting multiple virtual server farms which in turn support more than seven hundred server instances. These sit astride one of the largest data networks within the NHS Organisation and provide the bedrock of digital services within the Health Board.
Cardiff and Vale NHS University Health Board have an opening for a Band 6 Server Support consultant who will provide technical expertise within the Server Team.
Successful applicants will deal with all technical aspects associated with the health and well being of severs and storage infrastructure in order to ensure delivery of clinical and business services within the Health Board.
Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic and will want to work into a rapidly changing environment littered with interesting challenges.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience
* Microsoft, Linux, VMWare Veeam or Azure qualifications.
Experience
* Windows Server installation and configuration, in a mixed corporate LAN & WAN
* Experience of infrastructure administration and support
* Troubleshooting hardware and software faults at server level
* PowerShell and scripting experience
* Performance & activity monitoring software.
* Virtualisation technologies including but not limited to; VMWare, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Xen
* Veeam Backup and Replication knowledge.
Skills
* Knowledge & technical skills in Windows or Windows Server (including installation, configuration & administration in mixed corporate LAN & WAN environment).
* Technical ability in hardware and software and fault diagnosis.
* Networking basics, including common protocols and services.
* Server/Storage Infrastructure, installation, configuration, and administration.
* PC installation, configuration & administration in a mixed corporate LAN & WAN environment.
* M365, OneDrive, SharePoint administration.
* PowerShell and Scripting.
* Basic knowledge of databases including MS SQL, MySQL.
* VM Guest deployment, configuration, administration and monitoring
* Backup deployment, configuration, administration and monitoring (Veeam experience beneficial).
Personal Qualities
* High level of inter personal skills, both verbal and written.
* Ability to work well in a team environment, but able to work on his/her own initiative.
* Adaptability & Flexibility.
* Highly Motivated.
* Desire to develop new/enhanced skills and increase knowledge set.
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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