Job summary

The Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust and are seeking to recruit an experienced Network Engineering and Security Manager on a Two-Year Fixed Term Contract.

The Network Engineering & Security Manager is a key member of the Infrastructure & Unified Communications team responsible for the technical operation, development, and security of the organization's network infrastructure. This role ensures the Network team functions are delivered in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs), maintaining high levels of system availability and customer satisfaction.

The role also requires flexible working by the organisation, including early start times and late finishes as required, to maintain appropriate coverage from 8am until 5pm.

Main duties of the job

The Network Engineering & Security Manager will lead a team of technical staff, manage budgets, oversee vendor relationships, and ensure compliance with national policies and regulations.

The key purpose of this role is to:

A Network Engineering & Security Manager designs, implements, and maintains network and telecommunications infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, resilience, and security while troubleshooting issues. They integrate and manage various communication platforms, provide user support and training, and handle vendor relationships. Strategically, they develop technology plans, manage budgets, enforce policies, and plan for disaster recovery. Their primary goal is to ensure the network and communication systems operate effectively, securely, and efficiently to support the organization's needs.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

A Network Engineering & Security Manager designs, implements, and maintains network and telecommunications infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, resilience, and security while troubleshooting issues. They integrate and manage various communication platforms, provide user support and training, and handle vendor relationships. Strategically, they develop technology plans, manage budgets, enforce policies, and plan for disaster recovery. Their primary goal is to ensure the network and communication systems operate effectively, securely, and efficiently to support the organization's needs.

The Network Engineering & Security Manager is a key member of the Infrastructure & Unified Communications team responsible for the technical operation, development, and security of the organization's network infrastructure. This role ensures the Network team functions are delivered in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs), maintaining high levels of system availability and customer satisfaction. The Network Engineering & Security Manager will lead a team of technical staff, manage budgets, oversee vendor relationships, and ensure compliance with national policies and regulations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters level education, equivalent professional qualifications Professional technical certification ( Cisco, Extreme Networks, Checkpoint, etc), or equivalent experience

Desirable

Further specialist professional management or leadership certification?A/I/C ITIL Foundation or Practitioner Certification, or equivalent experience Cybersecurity Certification (CISSP, SSCP, OSCP) or equivalent experience. Prince 2, PMP, Project Management Certification, or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

In-depth experience in a role working at a senior level with Network and Telecoms systems. Demonstrable experience and knowledge of developing requirements into system configuration and service output Expert in 'off the shelf' Enterprise Applications technologies at an enterprise level Proven expertise and experience in the delivery of business requirements capture and analysis developing structured technical specifications Deep market knowledge of IT and Healthcare technologies and use within an acute setting Substantial experience in software design, configuration and development that involves complex computer systems Expert in technology applications and the use of analytics for availability, capacity and improvement Demonstrable experience of operating in a medium to large size 'off the shelf' application and technology environment Strong project and process management skills, with the ability to handle multiple stakeholders, as well as a wide range of tasks

Desirable

Advanced knowledge of development and testing including system planning and risk analysis ITIL Experience