Senior Networks Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Are you a network expert ready to keep systems connected and secure? We’re seeking a skilled Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our critical network infrastructure. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love solving technical challenges, and want to play a vital role in maintaining a cutting-edge network, we’d love to have you on board! Help us stay connected and drive innovation.

In this role, you’ll manage everything from routing and switching to network security and troubleshooting, ensuring optimal performance across all levels.

You’ll work closely with other teams to resolve issues, implement upgrades, and ensure the stability and efficiency of our network. Your expertise in configuring firewalls, optimizing traffic, and diagnosing complex problems will be key to our success.

Main duties of the job

Your primary responsibility will be to support the deployment and management of local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and wireless networks across NCA sites. You will work closely with senior engineers to design network solutions that meet the unique requirements of healthcare environments, ensuring seamless connectivity and optimal performance for clinical and administrative systems.

In addition to network deployment, you will provide technical support to diagnose and resolve network issues and incidents promptly. You will utilise network monitoring tools and troubleshooting techniques to identify root causes and implement corrective actions, minimising disruptions to critical healthcare services and maintaining service level agreements (SLAs).

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to implement network security measures aimed at protecting sensitive healthcare data and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. You will assist in the implementation of security policies, firewall configurations, and access control mechanisms to mitigate risks and safeguard NHS network infrastructure from cyber threats.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant degree level or equivalent or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Relevant subject matter qualification (e.g. Cisco CCNA) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

  • Project Management Qualification (Prince2, SCRUM, etc)
  • ITIL Qualification

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Able to plan and prioritise work.
  • Analyse, investigate and resolve complex IT issues/problems.
  • Able to communicate effectively with all levels of staff both within and external to the organisation.
  • Advanced and accurate keyboard skills
  • Able to work under own initiative to proactively pick up and complete tasks.
  • Flexible approach to working hours and willingness to cover core support hours on a shift/rota basis.
  • Ability to travel within the requirements of the post, including transporting appropriate equipment when required.
  • Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team.
  • Ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex IT functionality issues, whilst working under pressure.

Desirable

  • Able to support large scale projects.
  • Able to complete Change Management processes

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

  • Experience of using IT Service Management (ITSM) Systems
  • Experience focussing on IT infrastructure gained within an enterprise environment.
  • Evidence of supporting IT solutions across multiple disciplines.
  • Knowledge of IT “best practice” standards, procedures, policies and protocols
  • Some knowledge of common alternative subject matter systems such as Unix, Linux, OS X.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of working in a Healthcare IT environment.
  • Understanding of IT Security

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: 06 November 2024

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