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NHS Tayside has an exciting vacancy for Senior Systems Specialist / Network Engineer to work within the Network Services Team, this is part of NHS Tayside Digital Directorate and provides critical Data Network Services to all NHS Tayside facilities including Hospitals, GP Surgeries, and Primary Care sites.
What we are looking for:
The job entails providing leadership and delivery within all aspects of Network Services including, but not exclusively, the following: - LAN, WAN, DNS, VPN, Remote Access, Network Cyber Security, Firewalls, Proxies, WiFi, routing and Network Management Platforms including Solarwinds and Cisco Enterprise Management platforms.
The postholder will be responsible for scoping, driving and implementing new technologies / solutions as well as evaluating existing implementations and future roadmaps including capacity planning, this will involve managing complex projects but also maintaining our crucial Business as Usual function handling incident, request and problem functions whilst also being a point of escalation for any service impacting Major incidents.
The postholder will have excellent technical and non-technical communication skills and line management responsibility so must be familiar with managing technical teams.
This role will include the above but is not restricted to these responsibilities.
You will have a degree of autonomy within your role and will report to the Network Service Delivery Manager.
You will be offered training relevant to the role and there are opportunities for professional development and career progression within the wider directorate.
The Digital Team are currently based in Maryfield House, Dundee, however this may change in the future and there is some flexibility, with the team working remotely at times.
This is a permanent, full time post (37.5 hrs per week). Flexible working arrangements can be considered, and work base is negotiable. We aim to provide an environment that encourages work/life balance.
*Informal enquiries to: Mr Scott Burden, Service Delivery Manager, email. scott.burden@nhs.scot tel. 01382 660111 ex. 57208, also refer to the Person Specification, and Job Description for more details.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly including your junk/ spam folder.
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community