Senior Systems Engineer
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NHS England Senior Systems Engineer
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
Within NHS England, system engineering is about building in the whole-system space rather than specialising solely in applications, infrastructure, networks, or platforms.
We are seeking experienced Senior Systems Engineers to join multidisciplinary product teams across a range of national services. You will play a key role in designing, building, operating, and continually improving systems that support citizens, patients, and healthcare professionals across England.
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will work on services used by millions of people. These range from citizen-facing digital products to critical back-end platforms and APIs. The role involves solving complex technical challenges and applying modern engineering practices to ensure systems are secure, reliable, resilient, and maintainable.
We currently have opportunities across multiple teams, using a diverse range of technologies including Python, TypeScript, .NET, Terraform, AWS, and Azure.
Alongside technical delivery, you will contribute to engineering best practices, support colleagues through mentoring and knowledge sharing, and help shape the direction of the services and platforms you work on.
On-call
Participation in a shared on-call rota may be required to support a 24/7/365 service, this rota covers evenings, weekends, and public holidays.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will:
Develop, build, and operate highly available, distributed systems that deliver critical national services within NHS England.
Work within and contribute to NHS England's engineering principles and standards.
Take technical ownership across the system landscape, including applications, infrastructure, networking, environments, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling.
Collaborate with peers to solve complex technical challenges and drive continual improvement in engineering standards across the organisation.
Contribute to the ongoing improvement of engineering maturity within the team.
Coach, mentor, and support colleagues in their professional and technical development.
Candidates must demonstrate experience of the following in their application:
Application development
Test engineering and automation
Infrastructure engineering, e.g. infrastructure as code
CI/CD including design, development and maintenance of pipelines
Operating services in production
About us
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Details
Date posted
02 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£65,006.64 to £73,167.50 a year per annum, inclusive of 13% RRP (excl. London weighting)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
990-TDD-P&P-EC4209-E
Job locations
Wellington Place/Wellington House/Hexagon House
Leeds/London/Exeter
LS1 4AP
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
The post of Senior Systems Engineer has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. In recognition of this, the role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 13% per annum.
Please be aware that RRP is none contractual and subject to review.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
The post of Senior Systems Engineer has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. In recognition of this, the role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 13% per annum.
Please be aware that RRP is none contractual and subject to review.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent years' experience in a relevant subject
Skills
Essential
- Application Development
- Infrastructure Engineering e.g. Infrastructure as a code
- CI/CD including design, development and maintenance of pipelines
Experience
Essential
- Test Engineering and Automation
- Operating services in production
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent years' experience in a relevant subject
Skills
Essential
- Application Development
- Infrastructure Engineering e.g. Infrastructure as a code
- CI/CD including design, development and maintenance of pipelines
Experience
Essential
- Test Engineering and Automation
- Operating services in production
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington Place/Wellington House/Hexagon House
Leeds/London/Exeter
LS1 4AP
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington Place/Wellington House/Hexagon House
Leeds/London/Exeter
LS1 4AP
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Principal Systems Engineer
John Collinson
Details
Date posted
02 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£65,006.64 to £73,167.50 a year per annum, inclusive of 13% RRP (excl. London weighting)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
990-TDD-P&P-EC4209-E
Job locations
Wellington Place/Wellington House/Hexagon House
Leeds/London/Exeter
LS1 4AP
United Kingdom
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