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Main area
Technical Services – Network/Infrastructure

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours -Full time  – Flexible working – Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working)

Job ref :990-TD-IT-6732524-I-E

Site :Leeds Wellington Place/ Exeter – Hexagon House

Town :Leeds or Exeter

Salary :£46,148 – £52,809 per annum (exclusive of London weighting)

Salary period : Yearly

Closing : 08/11/2024 23:59

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We are seeking a Technical Consultant – Network Engineer to provide technical support, administer and make changes on the data network in LAN, WAN, Wireless and Security environments, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar discipline, to join the infrastructure team.  The role is an exciting mix of BAU and Project work where you will have a real impact on the future of the companies networking estate.

 
Main duties of the job

The role will include support to existing and new systems and services. The provided support will be at varied levels of scope and complexity, ranging from small changes tracked in our issue management application to managing larger projects involving other team members and stakeholders from other teams. This role will also contribute to internal team projects to support and enhance the existing services, such as hardware refreshes, performance improvements, business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing.

Working for our organisation

This role may be based in Leeds or Exeter.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.

Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.

Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care

Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation

Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

 
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See the attached job description for all aspects of this role, including the main responsibilities.

The Technical Consultant – Network Engineer will play a vital role delivering operations and technical support to our customers/stakeholders, ensuring that documented service level agreements (SLA) and key performance indicators (KPI) targets are met. The post-holder will have detailed knowledge of the technology area, have excellent communication skills, be team-oriented and proactively respond to new challenges.

Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria

Significant experience with routing and switching including IOS and NXOS, LAN / WAN technologies, routing protocols, SDWAN technology, Cisco next generation Firepower Threat Defence (FTD) and including ASA technology, Cisco SDA technologies.

Understanding of network load balancing technologies, including F5 LTM, DNS/DHCP, BIND DNS and F5 DNS, Experience with Cisco ISE, Dot1x and Radius., Cisco Wireless LAN controllers, SSID’s and access points, Structured approach to troubleshooting and fault-finding including root cause analysis.

Skills
Essential criteria

Proven ability to effectively negotiate with customers/service owners

Proven ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload and effectively manage conflicting demands and expectations

Qualifications
Essential criteria
Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) or equivalent

Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that.  We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.

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