Senior Digital Cyber Security & Compliance Specialist: Sponsorship Available

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We’re looking for a proactive and technically-skilled Senior Digital Cyber Security & Compliance Specialist to help strengthen and evolve the cyber resilience of one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK.

You’ll act as a subject matter expert in cyber security — providing hands-on support, technical assurance and specialist guidance to colleagues across Digital and Clinical teams. Working alongside the Chief Information Security Officer, the Digital Cyber Security & Compliance Manager, and senior colleagues across Datacentre, Networks, Operations and Architecture, you’ll help design, implement and monitor controls that keep our systems, data and patients safe.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at enterprise scale — protecting critical healthcare infrastructure, supporting national frameworks such as DSPT and NIS Regulations, and contributing directly to the Trust’s long-term cyber strategy.

 

Main duties of the job

  • Act as a cyber security subject matter expert, supporting Trust-wide compliance with information security policies, standards and frameworks.
  • Monitor and analyse the Trust’s digital infrastructure daily using enterprise security tools (e.g. AV, SIEM, EDR, firewall and encryption platforms) to detect and mitigate emerging threats.
  • Lead on incident investigation and forensics, ensuring accurate reporting, documentation and learning outcomes.
  • Conduct regular security testing and audits, producing high-quality reports and coordinating remediation activities with relevant teams.
  • Develop and maintain cyber security policies, procedures and awareness training to embed secure behaviours across the organisation.
  • Support the implementation and tuning of SIEM and related monitoring platforms, ensuring effective detection and response capabilities.
  • Provide technical input and assurance for projects, ensuring new solutions meet Trust and national security requirements.
  • Liaise with clinical, technical and supplier stakeholders to balance operational delivery with security best practice.
  • Contribute to risk assessments, documenting and escalating security risks through appropriate governance and assurance frameworks.
  • Keep abreast of current and emerging cyber threats, technologies and regulatory changes, translating these into practical advice for the organisation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MCSE or equivalent level and Degree Level (or) Equivalent knowledge skills and experience
  • Demonstrate commitment to ongoing personal development
  • Evidence of Personal Development

Desirable

  • Expert knowledge of IT security industry and developments.
  • CISSP qualification

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Expert knowledge of current IT cyber security issues
  • Experience developing and managing best-of-breed enterprise IT security appliances
  • Management of a complex IT Infrastructure within the NHS or large enterprise level organisation
  • Contingency and Disaster Recovery Planning.
  • Expert knowledge of security standards, legislation and best practice
  • Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Experience providing IT focused Enterprise Architecture and strategy

Desirable

  • Work under pressure with time restrictions
  • Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp Experience
  • Exchange 2010/13 infrastructure knowledge
  • Firewall technologies knowledge
  • SAN Technologies
  • VMware knowledge
  • Azure / AWS

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: 29 December 2025

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