Band 7 Senior Engineer - Compute
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
There is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated digital professional to join the Datacentre team with recent working experience of Microsoft Windows Server versions, VMware vSphere with the role centred around the operational management of the compute requirements, this includes the components in the converged VxBlock platform and the virtual platform hosted by the trust. You will have exceptional working experience of VMware vSphere and its components and exposure to Cisco UCS or similar platforms to provision servers, storage, networks, and virtualisation technologies reporting to the Principal Compute Specialist.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Engineer will be responsible for the operational maintenance, optimisation, and availability of all the infrastructure technologies managed by the Datacentre team either on physical or on the converged VxBlock platform and the virtual platform hosted by the trust. Where required provide guidance for continued service improvements.
The role is centred around you to be a subject matter expert in the compute technologies hosted by the trust reporting and escalating to the Principal Compute Specialist.
The ideal candidate will have expert technical knowledge of the following:
- Experience of Microsoft Windows Server versions and VMware vCentre along with monitoring tools to include VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROPs) or similar solutions.
- Experience of converged platforms with exposure to Cisco UCS or similar platforms to provision servers, storage access, networks, and virtualization technologies.
- Exceptional experience of Microsoft Windows Server versions and of VMware vSphere and its components; ESXi and vCentre, VMFS, storage vMotion, HA, DRS, Fault Tolerance.
- Having experience of administering cloud-based systems like Azure would be desirable.
About us
Datacentre team provides support for three main hospitals that Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust operates in North London: Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and Royal Free Hospital plus numerous satellite sites. The team manages three Datacentres which host more than 700 virtual servers, secure storage, backup service, and use the latest replication and security technologies. The trust also has both private and public cloud-based storage and compute facilities.
Post holder shall be part of a new team made up of four principle subject matter experts under these specialisms: Compute/Storage/Systems/Databases, they will ensure these areas are operational, optimised, and available. The team will have eight senior engineers and they will be the escalation point for some of the senior infrastructure engineers providing guidance and support through mentoring and coaching to improve knowledge and skillset.
Date posted
05 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,488 to £57,802 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
391-RFL-5843922-C
Job locations
Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
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