Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Network Development Architect CCNP

This job is now closed

Job summary

CCNP level Network Architect engineer to be an expert advisor to a Technical Architecture team and Network Infrastructure team responsible for the design, implementation, expansion and support of a two county, mainly Cisco network.

We have an ambitious network infrastructure refresh programme and refresh requirements of campus LAN, wireless, and integration, and are looking for a self starter, highly motivated, collaborative individual to join the team in achieving our service goals, objectives and delivering.

The role has a blend of flex working, in-office and home working. Your work base will be at the new Innovation Hub in Seaton Delaval which offers new, modern, 2022-refurbished offices, and the Trust offers a range of employee services including car lease, child care discounts, cycle to work schemes, home electronics, an NHS pension scheme and other staff benefits.

Main duties of the job

Be an SME for best practice network design, and be able to collaboratively design strategy for the Trusts various category sites, from Acute hospitals requiring extremely high levels of availability, through to smaller care settings, equally of uptime importance.

Extensive wifi expansion and services that run over that protocol, from frequency Ekahau analysis, through to dual point wifi ambitions and implementation and maintenance.

Designing the L2 and L3 elements of networking together with WAN handoff in 2023, replacing designs and equipment.

Be part of an expert Technical Architecture and Infrastructure team with a broad portfolio of objectives, designing and defining the infrastructure strategy.

About us

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.

Date posted

05 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

319-5563700JN

Job locations

Innovation Hub, Seaton Delaval

Avenue Rd, Seaton Delaval

Whitley Bay, Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE25 0QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Design, implementation and configuration of Cisco's Distribution, Access, Core and wifi equipment devices.

Being part of an agile collaboration team of Architects and Infrastructure engineers responsible for the network, servers and cloud.

Be part of the network configuration peer review workflow, making decisions relevant for the Trusts projects and in-line with the needs and requirements of the Trust hospitals.

To be a key component to the development and implementation/design of the networking digital strategy. This includes working on the continued network expansion and upgrade, including new capital build projects, both new greenfield sites and refurbishment buildings with network services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Design, implementation and configuration of Cisco's Distribution, Access, Core and wifi equipment devices.

Being part of an agile collaboration team of Architects and Infrastructure engineers responsible for the network, servers and cloud.

Be part of the network configuration peer review workflow, making decisions relevant for the Trusts projects and in-line with the needs and requirements of the Trust hospitals.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

o Network qualification to CCIE level in enterprise, or wireless, or security, or data centre
o Educated to masters level or equivalent experience plus additional expert-specialist knowledge in networking, with underpinning knowledge of project management procedures and techniques.

Desirable

o Knowledge of Aruba networks, Fortinet Firewalls.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

o Network qualification to CCIE level in enterprise, or wireless, or security, or data centre
o Educated to masters level or equivalent experience plus additional expert-specialist knowledge in networking, with underpinning knowledge of project management procedures and techniques.

Desirable

o Knowledge of Aruba networks, Fortinet Firewalls.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Innovation Hub, Seaton Delaval

Avenue Rd, Seaton Delaval

Whitley Bay, Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE25 0QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Innovation Hub, Seaton Delaval

Avenue Rd, Seaton Delaval

Whitley Bay, Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE25 0QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)