Storage & Virtualisation Team Leader

About NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC)

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Storage & Virtualisation Team Lead is a key leadership position within Operations Infrastructure Services. The role offers significant development potential for both experienced managers and technical specialists transitioning into leadership. The post holder will act as the central point of expertise for server, storage, backup and virtualisation services, maintaining security, performance and KPI compliance across an estate exceeding 1,000 servers.

Full-time, Permanent

Base location - Westward House

Shift Pattern - Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00

• Leadership and management of a technical support team overseeing core infrastructure services.
• Senior leadership participation within the wider Operations and eHealth management structure.
• Ensuring support teams follow safe and secure processes aligned with NHSGGC and national policy.
• Identifying, implementing, and supporting service improvements within the team and across wider initiatives.
• Leading collaboration with project teams and third parties to develop, deliver, and transition change into operational support.
• Defining and adopting service design standards, OLAs/SLAs, monitoring, and proactive maintenance practices.
• Acting as the main contact for server and storage management, backups, virtual networking, and Fibre Channel networking.
• Managing access and environmental monitoring across multiple data centres.
• Leading major incident management, applying advanced problem‑solving and deep technical experience.

• VMware vSphere in large distributed environments, including synchronous/asynchronous replication.
• Advanced Windows Server diagnostics.
• Windows Clustering and Cisco Fibre Channel switching.
• Veeam Backup & Replication and associated monitoring tools.
• Experience with server/virtualisation platforms such as IBM, HP, Dell, and related storage technologies (e.g., Fibre Channel).
• Scripting, storage protocols, snapshots/replication, and performance optimisation techniques.

• Minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays.
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme.
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses.
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays.
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services.
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as "various", we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be discussed during the recruitment process.

NHSGGC encourages applications from all sections of the community and is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We are proud of the diverse workforce we employ and have pledged commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer by welcoming applications from those in the Armed Forces Community.