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Packaging EngineerNHS

Reading, RG1 5AN Permanent £39,959 to £48,117
Posted 4 August 2026 Closing date 23 August 2026
Reading Rail Station (0.8 miles away) Purley Social Club (4.7 miles away)

Job summary

The Packaging Engineer will be responsible for supporting the delivery oftechnical excellence in their field of specialism and assisting the DevOpsSpecialist in ensuring that all systems are optimally configured to provide a high-quality service to all RBH end users. The postholder will mainly beresponsible for undertaking the configuration, management andmaintenance of all hardware and software components of RBH's network and infrastructure.

You will work within the infrastructure team collaborating with ServerEngineers, Devops Engineer and Device Engineer.

You will work specifically with the Devops Engineer, to lead on the software packaging capability for the organisation.

Together you will provide technical specialties and provide technicalexpertise in application packaging and supporting technologies.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide software application packaging services to end users and deliver applications to end users that meet RBH deployment strategy and security policies.
  • Work in a collaborative manner with other DDaT colleagues to deliver tasks successfully.
  • Plan, configure, manage and maintain all hardware and software components of specialist area to deliver optimum system availability to users, and ensuring all supplier provided patches and upgrades to the operating system, database, tools and utilities are applied in a timely manner.
  • Maintain the security and integrity of all systems related to specialist area including managing all user access rights and implementation of any necessary backup regimes and other disaster recovery procedures.
  • Providing technical and administrative support for specialist systems, including the production of system specification documentation and the production of relevant procedures and protocols.
  • Monitoring and managing system performance, capacity and growth, providing advice on necessary upgrades and replacement of hardware and software to maintain the reliability of the systems. Implement hardware changes and upgrades and database upgrades and migrations to maintain system performance and growth capacity.
  • Ensuring compliance with Trust guidelines and other relevant policies.
  • To maintain awareness of technical developments and research new technologies with a view to providing advice to DevOps Specialist on suitable deployment strategies for RBH.

Job description

  • Provide software application packaging services to end users and deliver applications to end users that meet RBH deployment strategy and security policies.
  • Work in a collaborative manner with other DDaT colleagues to deliver tasks successfully.
  • Plan, configure, manage and maintain all hardware and software components of specialist area to deliver optimum system availability to users, and ensuring all supplier provided patches and upgrades to the operating system, database, tools and utilities are applied in a timely manner.
  • Maintain the security and integrity of all systems related to specialist area including managing all user access rights and implementation of any necessary backup regimes and other disaster recovery procedures.
  • Providing technical and administrative support for specialist systems, including the production of system specification documentation and the production of relevant procedures and protocols.
  • Monitoring and managing system performance, capacity and growth, providing advice on necessary upgrades and replacement of hardware and software to maintain the reliability of the systems. Implement hardware changes and upgrades and database upgrades and migrations to maintain system performance and growth capacity.
  • Ensuring compliance with Trust guidelines and other relevant policies.
  • To maintain awareness of technical developments and research new technologies with a view to providing advice to DevOps Specialist on suitable deployment strategies for RBH.
  • Responsible for maintaining own specialist skills with appropriate professional training.Packaging Engineer
  • Carry out support and service to all customers during the agreed working hours, including any out of hours working.

About us

Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.

Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

If you need additional help with your application please get in touch by calling the recruitment team on 0118 322 6997 or 0118 322 5342.

Our primary method of communication will be via email. However, if you would prefer to be contacted through a different method, please inform the recruitment team.

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