Senior Cyber Security Engineer: Sponsorship Available

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will work closely with the Lead Cyber Security Engineer and the Cyber Security Architect to ensure that appropriate technical resources are trained and then aligned to work streams, to ensure a seamless and consistent delivery of cyber security services to agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and technical standards.

The post holder will require “hands on” technical skills on a wide range of technologies to support the team in providing cyber security services. The post holder will also require strong proven communication and influencing skills and the ability to develop effective relationships across all levels of the organisation.

Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility:

  • Security Architecture Design, Implementation,Monitoring and Support
  •  Incident Response
  • Risk and Vulnerability Management
  • Policy and Compliance
  • Handing User Requests, Audit and System Testing
  • User Education and Training
  • Continuous Improvement, Budgeting and Cost Saving
  • Documentation and Reporting
  • Key Relationships

As well as being an experienced Senior Cyber Security Engineer the role

is a “hands on” technical role which requires extensive experience of:

Cloud platforms & architecture including Microsoft Azure IaaS,

On-premise & Hybrid Server, Compute & Storage Infrastructure,

Virtualisation infrastructure environments including Microsoft Hyper-V & VMWare,

Microsoft Windows Server Roles (e.g. Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, DFS, Group Policy etc),

Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, Teams, Exchange Online etc),

Mail & Web filtering tools (e.g., Clearswift, Fortinet),

VPN solutions such as Microsoft Direct Access or Always on VPN,

Remote Desktop Services & VDI Solutions,

Backup & Recovery Solutions,

Antivirus Solutions (e.g. SOPHOS, Microsoft Defender of Endpoint),

Vulnerability assessment & scanning solutions (e.g. IT Health Dashboard, Tenable Nessus),

Database & Data Architecture including Microsoft SQL Server,

Endpoint Management Solutions including Microsoft SCCM & Intune,

Digital Infrastructure Monitoring Solutions (SolarWinds, Azure Monitor).

Benefits

  • Competitive NHS salary
  • A standard working week of 37.5 hours
  • Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
  • Generous Pension Scheme
  • Career and salary progression
  • Car leasing scheme
  • Free parking across Trust sites
  • Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
  • Staff networks
  • Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant IT/ technical discipline

Desirable

  • Vendor specific qualifications from Microsoft or others as relevant
  • Specific qualifications in cyber security technologies such as firewall, VPN, email security gateway, SIEM, PAM, AV, IDS/IPS, and Vulnerability Scanner
  • Holds a current ITIL v4 Foundation/Practitioner certificate or a lapsed ITIL v3 Foundation/Practitioner certificate or equivalent experience

Previous experience (Paid/Unpaid relevant to job)

Essential

  • Experience in supporting highly resilient systems
  • Experience of supporting enterprise level critical cyber security infrastructure.

Desirable

  • At least two years proven experience in IT security role, preferably within the NHS or healthcare sector
  • Experience of being the subject matter expert in Organisational/Departmental level projects.
  • Experience of documenting policies and procedures relevant to role

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 31 December 2024

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.