ICT Infrastructure and Security Specialist

Networking Women in the Fire Service; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a forward-thinking fire and rescue service as an ICT Infrastructure and Security Specialist. This role is pivotal in ensuring the safety and efficiency of our operations through effective management of ICT infrastructure and security. You'll be responsible for designing and maintaining systems, overseeing projects, and providing expert advice to enhance our services. We value our employees and offer a range of benefits, including flexible working hours and generous leave policies. If you're passionate about making a difference and possess the necessary skills, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave allowance

Family friendly schemes

Health & well-being services

Qualifications

• Experience in ICT infrastructure and security design.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to multitask.

Responsibilities

• Support and monitor DWFRS networks and security for high service levels.
• Manage small to medium projects from scoping to delivery.

Skills

ICT infrastructure design

Security compliance

Project management

Problem-solving

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.

As an ICT Infrastructure and Security Specialist in our ICT department you will:

1. Provide support and monitoring of all DWFRS networks and security, ensuring high levels of continued service across all operational and corporate DWFRS sites.
2. Provide design, maintenance and delivery of changes to DWFRS infrastructure and security across the service and its datacentres.
3. Directly manage small to medium sized projects from scoping, recommending design solutions, procurement, delivery budgets through to handover into business as usual (BAU) with management processes and documentation. Provide key specialist advice and support to large ICT whole team projects, including managing technicians to achieve project tasks, for example, rolling out of new systems and delivering the BAU tasks.

What makes you our ideal ICT Infrastructure and Security Specialist?

1. Experience of working with ICT infrastructure and security design, understanding of both local and nationally mandated compliance.
2. Experience of project management, and dealing with multiple tasks at the same time.
3. Ability to recognize issues and generate solutions to achieve business improvement.

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.

Other Information:

1. If Driving is essential to the role: You must have a full current driving licence and be able to fulfill the significant travel requirements of the role. Use of your own vehicle will be required; however, a Service vehicle may be available. Please note Service vehicles are manual transmission only. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, we would still welcome your application and will explore any reasonable adjustments that could be put in place.
2. The role involves some evening and weekend working.
3. A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.
4. Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical, negative drug test and receipt of satisfactory references, and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.

For full information please refer to Job Advert, Job Description and Person Specification on our Website link.