Network Operations Engineer

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Seaton Delaval; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Network Infrastructure Manager to lead the campus LAN, WAN, WLAN and data centre networks across North Tyneside and Northumberland.

Working within the Digital Services team, you will design, implement, secure and support network services to match the Trust's digital delivery needs and service level agreements, while acting as a key escalation point for the network operations team.

Qualifications

• Experience managing client network infrastructure including LAN/WAN, WLAN and DC.
• Ability to maintain service levels and respond to incidents promptly.
• Strong collaboration with digital services and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management and performance of client network infrastructure LAN/WAN, WLAN and DC.
• Provide pro-active support to ensure maximum availability in line with SLAs.
• Act as escalation point for the network operations team.
• Work with Digital Services to support Trust digital delivery ambitions.

Skills

LAN/WAN management

WLAN management

DC management

SLA compliance

Network monitoring

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides health and social care services in acute and primary care settings, community hospitals, and care centres, through the 11,000 employed staff. The Trust spans over two counties of North Tyneside and Northumberland, and has a main WAN MPLS between the main hospitals in those regions.
Northumbria Digital Services team provide, IT services to all of the Trusts directorates, departments and subsidiaries and this role is to support the team to ensure the campus LAN, WAN and Wi‑Fi services are correctly designed, implemented, secured and supported to match the digital delivery needs and ambitions of the Trusts digital strategy.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Responsible for the management and performance of client network infrastructure LAN/WAN, WLAN and DC, providing pro‑active support to ensure maximum availability of service in line with Trust service level agreements.
To be a point of escalation through the network operational team, from the digital services department and the Network technician, engineer and associate roles.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shahnawaz Awan Job title: Network Infrastructure Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0191 607 3700
Please contact Digital Services admin team on 0191 607 3612 if above named contact is not available.