IT Technical Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the NHS Golden Jubilee Digital Department for an IT Technical Specialist. We are looking for a knowledgeable, self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Operations team of skilled Technical Specialists. Candidates should have good people, communication, problem solving and technical skills, as well as being a good team player, with the ability to work autonomously.

The role will provide the successful applicant with an interesting, varied and rewarding challenge, as the team provide and manage the underlying operational infrastructure across the entire campus including the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, NHS Scotland Academy, Golden Jubilee Research Institute, Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel and The National Centre for Sustainable Delivery. Currently the team are working on several significant projects, using new and innovative technologies, to provide high availability and resiliency to a number of key patient services which are hosted across multiple data centres

The key technical areas the role encompasses are server/backup/storage infrastructure refresh, maintenance, performance and availability monitoring as well as supporting our user base accessing the underlying services hosted therein. The post holder will work as part of an established team, ensuring that the infrastructure is developed and maintained to the highest standards.

Candidates should be educated to degree level in an IT related subject (or have equivalent experience) and have a proven track record working in complex infrastructure environments. Experience with Virtualisation technologies (both server and desktop) is necessary as well as an in depth knowledge of the following Microsoft products: Active Directory, Azure, Exchange and M365. It's also desirable to have industry certification in the aforementioned areas and a working knowledge of SCCM/InTune, Backup and Load Balancing technologies if possible.