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Advanced Digital Systems and Storage Engineer - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Software Engineer
Senior engineer responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining high‑availability storage and virtual infrastructure, ensuring continuous service across the Trust using VMware, cloud platforms and advanced backup solutions.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy and manage enterprise storage solutions, ensuring performance, capacity and data protection requirements are met.
- Administer VMware virtual environments, including configuration, monitoring, and optimisation of virtual machines and clusters.
- Implement and maintain backup, recovery and disaster‑recovery strategies across on‑premises and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
- Collaborate with IT and clinical teams to translate business needs into technical solutions, providing expert guidance and troubleshooting.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts (PowerShell, Python) to streamline operations and improve reliability.
- Ensure compliance with security, governance and regulatory standards, conducting regular audits and vulnerability assessments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in storage and virtualization administration.
- Proven expertise with VMware ESXi/vCenter, SAN/NAS technologies and cloud storage services.
- Strong scripting skills in PowerShell or Python for automation.
- Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder‑management abilities.
Skills
software developmentsystem designproblem solving