On Premise Platform Engineer

Job summary

Are you an infrastructure expert ready to make a real difference in healthcare? The NCA is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to manage and optimise our virtual and physical server estate, supporting the systems that keep essential healthcare services running smoothly.

In this role, you'll be responsible for maintaining, securing, and enhancing both virtual and physical servers, ensuring high availability and performance across our network. You'll manage deployments, monitor system health, and troubleshoot issues to deliver reliable, secure access for clinical teams who rely on these systems daily.

Your expertise in server management, virtualisation, and optimisation will be vital as you work closely with IT and clinical teams to implement best practices, support disaster recovery, and drive improvements across the infrastructure. You'll play a pivotal role in supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best possible care.

If you're a problem-solver with a proactive approach and a passion for technology's role in healthcare, we'd love to hear from you. Join the NCA and help us build a robust, future-ready server infrastructure that truly makes a difference.

*** Previous applicants need not to apply ***

Hybrid model with expectation of 2-3 days onsite working.

Main duties of the job

As an On-Premises Platform Engineer within the NCA, you will play a fundamental role in supporting the operation and maintenance of on-premises server and platform infrastructure crucial for healthcare operations. Your responsibilities encompass a variety of tasks aimed at ensuring the reliability, security, and efficiency of NCA IT systems.

Your primary duty will involve assisting in the setup, configuration, and upkeep of on-premises server and platform environments across NCA sites. This includes aiding in the deployment of physical and virtual servers, storage systems, databases, middleware components, and other platform infrastructure components, adhering to NHS standards and industry best practices.

You will be tasked with providing technical assistance to diagnose and resolve server and platform issues and incidents promptly. Utilising your problem-solving skills and familiarity with server and platform technologies, you will contribute to identifying root causes and implementing solutions to minimise downtime and disruptions to healthcare services, ensuring optimal system performance.

You will also support the implementation of basic security measures to safeguard server and platform environments and sensitive data. This may involve assisting in the enforcement of access controls, monitoring systems, and adherence to security policies to mitigate cybersecurity risks within server and platform systems.

About us

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.