Technical Consultant (Infrastructure Operations) | NHS England

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Leeds, Exeter; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a Technical Consultant - Network Engineer to join the Infrastructure Operations team in Leeds or Exeter. You will provide technical support and administer changes across LAN, WAN, wireless and security networks, blending BAU activities with project work.

With a minimum of 2 years' experience, you will contribute to hardware refreshes, performance improvements, and disaster recovery planning, while colleagues with an office base are expected to be in-person at least 40% of

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in network engineering or a similar discipline.
• Ability to support, administer and make changes on data networks across LAN/WAN/Wireless and security environments.
• Willingness to contribute to both BAU activities and network projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and administer changes on the data network in LAN, WAN, Wireless and Security environments.
• Join the infrastructure team to support continual improvement of the networking estate.
• Contribute to hardware refreshes, performance improvements, business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing.

Skills

Network engineering

BAU and project work

Security environments

Job description

Technical Consultant (Infrastructure Operations) | NHS England

Company:

Company: NHS England

Salary: £55,807.31 - £63,861.95 per annum (this includes a RRP payment of 13%), exclusive of HCAS

The purpose of Infrastructure services is to ensure our services and systems are hosted effectively, securely and efficiently.

The function of Infrastructure services brings all network and hosting infrastructure into a single team which will provide a multi-skilled 24/7 Infra Operations team organised by function and focussed on supporting continual improvement.

The teams are divided into fourcore areas providing technical and service management expertise:

• cloud centre of excellence

Services are delivered to internal customers and NHS organisations.

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 organisations networking estate.

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

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.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025,the Government announcedthat NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

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

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

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

This role may be based in Leeds or Exeter.

The post of Technical Consultant has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. In recognition of this, the role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 13% per annum.

Please be aware that RRP is none contractual and subject to review.

Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:

All NHS England Technology/Infrastructure personnel must hold security clearance level as a minimum.

To meet National Security Vetting requirements, security clearance require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years.

Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.

You don't need to have security clearance already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for security clearance after offer, will result in the job offer being withdrawn.

For further advice please checkhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels#security-check-scor [e-mail].

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Aug 2026