Job summary
CTMUHB is seeking an experienced and future thinking leader to join our team as the Head of Datacentres and Cloud.
The Head of Datacentres and Cloud at (CTMUHB) will set the strategy for datacentres, core and edge networking, and server estate.
This role also involves leading the Datacentres and Cloud function to deliver day-to-day technical services while ensuring operational stability and high-quality service delivery.
The successful candidate will lead infrastructure teams responsible for enabling services across IT technology, including on-premises and cloud environments.
Interviews are planned for week commencing 21st October 2024
Main duties of the job
Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for datacentres, networking, and server estate that aligns with CTMUHB's overall digital transformation goals.
Operational Oversight: Provide day-to-day leadership and management of the datacentres, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
Innovation and Improvement: Lead initiatives to modernise our infrastructure, incorporating leading technologies and best practices.
Team Management: Lead teams of skilled professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of IT services.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job 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
Job description
Job 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 and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent demonstrable level of work experience and knowledge
Desirable
- Formal leadership training at equivalent or greater to ILM Level 5
- Relevant Cisco, Mitel, Microsoft, VMWare qualifications and/or training
Experience
Essential
- Leading day to day operational management of platforms / infrastructure in a medium to large enterprise, demonstrating technical leadership and experience in setting strategic direction
- Proven experience in a team leadership role, successfully building, leading or developing a team of specialist IT/Digital professionals
Desirable
- Experience of leading, planning, prioritising and resourcing work activities at a strategic level
- Technical experience of Public Cloud environments, Cloud Architecture / Design and DevOps ways of working
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Strong budgeting and financial management skills
Desirable
- Naturally innovate ways of working and improve the use of resources
- Ability to identify and rationalise interdependencies within a technically complex delivery environment. Identifying and translating the impact of incidents, problems or changes
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level. This is the minimum level of Welsh required
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent demonstrable level of work experience and knowledge
Desirable
- Formal leadership training at equivalent or greater to ILM Level 5
- Relevant Cisco, Mitel, Microsoft, VMWare qualifications and/or training
Experience
Essential
- Leading day to day operational management of platforms / infrastructure in a medium to large enterprise, demonstrating technical leadership and experience in setting strategic direction
- Proven experience in a team leadership role, successfully building, leading or developing a team of specialist IT/Digital professionals
Desirable
- Experience of leading, planning, prioritising and resourcing work activities at a strategic level
- Technical experience of Public Cloud environments, Cloud Architecture / Design and DevOps ways of working
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Strong budgeting and financial management skills
Desirable
- Naturally innovate ways of working and improve the use of resources
- Ability to identify and rationalise interdependencies within a technically complex delivery environment. Identifying and translating the impact of incidents, problems or changes
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level. This is the minimum level of Welsh required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Williamstown Hub
Dinas Isaf West Industrial Estate
Williamstown
CF40 1AG
Employer's website
https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
