Cloud Engineer

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Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Important Note for vacancies offered on a fixed-term or secondment basis.
Individuals who hold permanent (substantive) employment within the NHS may only be appointed via secondment. Approval for a secondment must be obtained from your current line manager prior to submitting an application.

Job overview

Job Title: Cloud Engineer

Pay Band: B7

Hours of Work: 37.5 per week

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Division/Directorate: Research, Data & Digital (RDD)

Department: Digital Services

Base: No 2 Capital Quarter – Public Health Wales Cardiff Office

We are recruiting a talented and experienced Cloud Engineer to join Public Health Wales Digital Services Cloud team. This role is crucial in maintaining, optimising and securing our cloud environments & infrastructure that support essential healthcare services. You will work with Azure cloud technologies, ensuring reliability, scalability and performance whilst maintaining compliance with NHS Wales security and governance standards.

You will be working alongside other technical service teams and report to the 365 Engineering Lead. The Cloud Engineer is a new, permanent role at Public Health Wales that will help contribute to the delivery of our cloud strategy.

Appropriate training plans will be provided for successful candidates to cloud based roles to enhance existing skills and knowledge.

If you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact Jonathan Jones, Lead Cyber Security Manager. [email protected]

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As Cloud Engineer, you will help shape our Azure cloud environments and assist in the delivery of associated roadmaps & strategies for Public Health and NHS Wales as we continue to invest in our digital capability.

· Manage and support Azure resources and environments, ensuring optimal performance and availability.

· Provide specialist IT technical knowledge to maintain, enhance, and secure the Trust's cloud infrastructure for clinical and non-clinical systems.

· Act as a subject matter expert, leading implementation, knowledge transfer, and documentation to support team capability.

Our organisational values of Working Together, with Trust and Respect, to Make a Difference, underpinned by our Being Our Best Framework set out how we are expected to undertake our roles. The Being Our Best colleague group(s) which apply/applies to this role is/are Colleague and/, People Manager/ and Organisational Leader.

A full Job Description and Person Specification is attached within the supporting documentation.

Working for our organisation

We are Public Health Wales – the national public health organisation for Wales. Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. Never more has public health been so important as we come through the Coronavirus pandemic, face the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and tackle and prevent the harmful effects of climate change.

Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.

To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/

For guidance on the application process, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/

Detailed job description and main 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

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome

Interviews to be listed on advert: 20th/21st October

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job.

Using a generic application or automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, does not usually provide enough personal evidence of your skills and experience relevant to the role. This can make it difficult for us to assess your suitability and will reduce your chances of being shortlisted.

To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert, providing clear evidence and examples to demonstrate how you meet each requirement.

Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

• If you require sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Visa routes, please ensure you self‑assess your eligibility for sponsorship for this role before applying.
• Check the Skilled Worker visa guidance or Health and Care visa guidance for details on job eligibility, salary, English language, and sponsorship requirements.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.