Senior Network Engineer

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To carry out the installation and commissioning of network equipment involving some complex work with tools, some lifting of heavy equipment and requiring significant keyboard skills to ensure accuracy when programming this. Occasionally this will involve working in dirty and difficult areas
• The post holder will be required to contribute to the development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators and Critical Success Factors within the Directorate.
• Implements Data policies and procedures and proposes changes when required. Proposed changes may impact on other functions and departments.
• All staff have the responsibility to ensure they participate fully in a performance review and appraisal process ensuring that any key work objectives, targets, key performance indicators are reviewed on a regular basis with their line manager and contribute to an end of year performance appraisal.
• The post holder will develop appropriate objectives and performance plans for themselves, ensuring that these align with overall IM aims and objectives, SLAs & OLAs and adhere to national and locally defined targets and standards.
• To provide leadership to staff demonstrating high standards in order to ensure that a high quality of service is maintained.
• Able to analyse, investigate and interpret complex information / issues such as hardware configurations, performing comparisons and trend analysis on this factual or projected data, and then report that information accordingly.

For further Narrative please see Job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Cisco (CCNA/CCNP) or over 5 years experience work on large enterprise networks.
• Cyber Security related qualification/certification, or 5 years experience working on network security platforms.
• Relevant IT degree/diploma or equivalent experience

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial knowledge and experience in data networks and systems - particularly Cisco networking.
• Experience of being responsible for financial or physical assets.
• Experience of clinical practices and working within specialist environments.
• Experience of network tooling e.g. Cisco ISE, Cisco Prime, Solarwinds, WhatsUpGold.
• Proficiency in configuring and CISCO IOS, IOS-XE and NX-OS.
• Network troubleshooting: Proficiency in networking concepts including LAN/WAN, WiFi, L2 and L3 protcols
• VLANS, Quality of Service (QoS) and security protocols
• Strong understanding of Network security principles and products
• Indepth knowledge of routing protocols (e.g. OSPF, BGP, HSRP, VRRP)
• Mentoring: Providing technical guidance and mentorship to network and telephony engineers.

Personal Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
• Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation
• Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agree objectives
• Consistently professional, collaborative and compassionate in their approach.
• Works with patients and people at the fore - operates to a customer service ethos
• Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
• Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality
• There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration when facilitating
• Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances
• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Band 7 Senior Network Engineer (PDF, 669.7KB)
• Statement handling - updated from policy (PDF, 33.6KB)
• Infection control statement (PDF, 107.5KB)
• DBS Code of practice (PDF, 54.9KB)
• Speaking Up Policy (PDF, 523.6KB)
• Recruitment Reasonable Adjustments (PDF, 122.1KB)