Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

About

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.

Key details

Location

Site: Salford Royal Hospital/Royal Oldham Hospital

Address: Stott Lane/Rochdale Road

Town: NCA Wide

Postcode: M68HD

Major / Minor Region: Manchester

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Grade: Band 6

Specialty

Main area: Digital Operations

Job overview

Are you a cloud infrastructure expert looking to make a real difference in healthcare? We’re seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join the NCA and play a vital role in transforming how we deliver critical services.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing secure, scalable cloud solutions that support our mission of providing exceptional care to millions.

Working across platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, you’ll collaborate with IT and clinical teams to optimise cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. You’ll use automation and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to streamline operations, reduce costs, and drive innovation in the way our services are delivered.

Your expertise will be key in managing cloud environments, troubleshooting complex issues, and implementing best practices for security and compliance within the NHS framework. You’ll ensure our cloud infrastructure is robust and capable of supporting life-saving applications and systems, all while keeping patient data secure.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love problem-solving, and want to contribute to meaningful change in the healthcare sector, this is the opportunity for you. Join the NHS and help us build a future-ready cloud platform that powers better care for all.

This is a hybrid role with an expectation of 2-3 days working on site.

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Your primary responsibility will be to assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud server and platform environments across NHS sites. This includes supporting the deployment of virtual servers, storage systems, databases, middleware components, and other cloud infrastructure components, ensuring alignment with NHS standards and industry best practices.

In addition to providing technical leadership, you will play a key role in implementing advanced security measures to protect cloud server and platform environments and sensitive data. This may involve implementing access controls, encryption technologies, and monitoring systems to mitigate cybersecurity risks and ensure compliance with NHS security policies and regulations.

As a Senior Cloud Server and Platform Engineer, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the enhancement and optimization of cloud server and platform infrastructure through participation in projects and initiatives aimed at improving system performance, scalability, and reliability. Your dedication, attention to detail, and commitment to providing high-quality technical support services will be vital in supporting the delivery of healthcare services to patients and staff within the NHS.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant degree level or equivalent or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Relevant subject matter qualification (e.g. Microsoft/MSCE/Azure) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable criteria

• Project Management Qualification (Prince2, SCRUM, etc)
• ITIL Qualification

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to plan and prioritise work.
• Analyse, investigate and resolve complex IT issues/problems.
• Able to communicate effectively with all levels of staff both within and external to the organisation.
• Advanced and accurate keyboard skills
• Able to work under own initiative to proactively pick up and complete tasks.
• Ability to travel within the requirements of the post, including transporting appropriate equipment when required.
• Flexible approach to working hours and willingness to cover core support hours on a shift/rota basis.
• Ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex IT functionality issues, whilst working under pressure.
• Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team.

Desirable criteria

• Able to support large scale projects.
• Able to complete Change Management processes

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of using IT Service Management (ITSM) Systems
• Experience focussing on IT infrastructure gained within an enterprise environment.
• Evidence of supporting IT solutions across multiple disciplines.
• Knowledge of IT “best practice” standards, procedures, policies and protocols
• Some knowledge of common alternative subject matter systems such as Unix, Linux, OS X.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of working in a Healthcare IT environment.
• Understanding of IT Security

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Adam Sankey

Job title: Senior Manager, Platforms and Databases

Email address: [email protected]

Please contact in working hours (9-5 Monday to Friday). Email only.