Head of Datacentre and Cloud

Role: Head of Datacentre and Cloud (NHS)

Salary: 73,379

Location: London, Durham or Glasgow

Overview

The Head of Datacentre and Cloud will define and implement the infrastructure strategy, aligning with my clients goals to provide reliable services to both internal and external users while ensuring operational stability. Leading the Infrastructure team, this role oversees foundational IT services across both on-premise and cloud environments, including server, storage, network, and database teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Leadership: Shape and execute a robust infrastructure strategy, promoting automation, cloud adoption, and agile methods to enhance system reliability and efficiency.
• Team Management: Lead a team of engineers, providing guidance in best practices, automation, and reusability. Foster an agile, collaborative culture and manage third-party and contractor resources.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure stable, secure, and resilient infrastructure across legacy and future platforms. Define architectures and standards with the Lead Architect, advocate for cloud technologies, and maintain high availability standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements, automation, and DevOps adoption, maximizing resource efficiency and minimizing operational costs.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with cross-functional teams, including Digital Systems and Cybersecurity, to align infrastructure development with broader organizational strategies.
• Compliance & Governance: Oversee financial management, security protocols, and licensing to ensure best value and alignment with CTMUHB policies.

Qualifications

• Essential: Master's degree or equivalent experience, ITIL Foundation, demonstrated experience in infrastructure strategy and team leadership.
• Desirable: Leadership training (ILM Level 5+), certifications in Cisco, Mitel, Microsoft, or VMWare.

Experience & Skills

• Essential: Strong technical leadership in medium to large enterprises, extensive experience in on-premises infrastructure, cloud environments, and DevOps methodologies. Proven ability to lead, develop, and empower high-performing IT teams.
• Desirable: Experience with public cloud architectures, fostering an agile culture, and managing complex, multi-supplier environments.

Think this one's for you

If you think this Head of Datacentre and Cloud opportunity is for you then please apply online.

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