Senior Infrastructure Engineer | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich, Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Ipswich seeks a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to enhance healthcare delivery through technology. The role includes leading infrastructure challenges, designing production environments, and providing consultancy on IT projects. If you have strong network skills and a passion for patient care, apply to join a dedicated team supporting over a million people in East Suffolk and North Essex.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Flexible working options

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Proven technical skills and knowledge in IT infrastructure.
• Experience with network technologies and solutions.
• Ability to conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures.

Responsibilities

• Lead resolution of complex infrastructure challenges.
• Design and implement production environments.
• Provide strategic direction and solution design across core technologies.
• Manage 3rd party maintenance contracts.
• Provide technical consultancy for IT projects.

Skills

Switching

Routing

NAT

VLANs

Firewalls

SD-WAN

ACL

NAC

Wireless Networks

Monitoring tools

Job description

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer with proven technical skills and knowledge to be a part of the IT Third line support team.

By joining our Infrastructure team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of healthcare delivery, enhancing patient outcomes, and optimising healthcare. If you are passionate about healthcare technology and eager to make a real difference, we welcome you to join us on this transformative journey.

We have a number of key infrastructure initiatives underway including Legacy technology replacement, Wireless expansion, Network maintenance and improvements, Remote access and Security improvements and delivery of a large EPR programme as well as BAU support.

We are looking for a candidate with proven network skills such as Switching, Routing, NAT, VLANs, Firewalls and SD-WAN, ACL, NAC, Wireless Networks and Monitoring tools.

We value teamwork, enthusiasm and dedication to delivering exceptional customer service. In this fast-paced environment, you will face diverse challenges every day. You can look forward to a varied, inspiring and rewarding career.
• You will lead the resolution of complex infrastructure challenges, conducting root cause analysis & implementing preventive measures.
• Designing & implementing production environments to ensure alignment with Trust strategy and project initiatives.
• Providing strategic direction & solution design across all core technologies.
• Undertaking research & development initiatives on a range of emerging technologies.
• You will manage 3rd party maintenance contracts ensuring adequate cover, quality & value for money.
• Develop an understanding of the Trusts and NHS Network, Telecoms & IT systems sufficiently well to be able to advise users on any problems encountered
• Pro-actively review new and emerging technologies with its subsequent application according to the Trust’s business requirements, where relevant, provide input into business cases.
• You will also play a vital role in providing technical consultancy for IT projects. Your input & expertise will help shape the implementation of new technologies, system upgrades, and infrastructure enhancements.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.




This advert closes on Sunday 17 Aug 2025