Network Technical Architect

Our vision for Single Corporate Services  

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care. 

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services? 

Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme. 

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.   
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.  
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.  
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations. 
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.  
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.  
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Band: 7: £46,148 to £52,809

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed-term contract (2 years)

As part of the Single Corporate Service, this role provides a service across both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. 

The intention for the existing primary work locations to remain unchanged as there is no desire to change base locations unnecessarily. However, as the single corporate service will be delivered across both organisations, individuals may be required to undertake business travel from time to time. The staff mobility local agreement will apply. 

For our leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, they will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally. 

Job purpose

Play a technical role in the provision of effective, efficient and fully integrated ICT operational services that maximise their availability and integrity for end-users and optimise the value gained by the Trust from its investment in IT by:

1. Designing multiple network architectural models with varying complexities ensuring business strategy and processes are considered in translation to IT solutions.

2. Ability to operate across organisation and computer technology ‘silos’ to drive common approaches across the Trust enterprise network architecture.

3. Acting as champion for the department’s ITIL processes, providing professional guidance in and execution of Incident, Change, Release, Problem, Performance, and Availability Management.

For further details, please refer to the Job Description.

Essential

• Masters level qualification or equivalent in computer science or related field
• Technical accreditation in at least two or more of the following; CCNA\CCNA Date Centre, CCNP, CCP-N, VCP
• ITIL Foundation Certificate
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate
• Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate-Wireless (CCNAW)
• OR Aruba Networking Associate Certified

Experience

• At least five years experience working in a tiered, enterprise scale, Data Center network.
• Strong grasp of TCP/IP, routing, switching, and routing protocols including OSPF.
• Advanced knowledge of Cisco, Netscaler and Checkpoint hardware and software.
• Strong grasp of Load Balancers, and firewalls.
• Experience of VMware and Citrix virtualized networking or Aruba networking.
• In depth knowledge of virtualized Windows environments.
• Excellent understanding of Cisco Nexus technology.
• Advanced hands on configuration skills with network devices.
• Advanced troubleshooting of network connectivity and routing issues.
• Management of network Incidents.
• Management of Events and Alerts.
• Advanced technical management of escalations from teams and other departments.
• Advanced theoretical and enterprise knowledge across two or more information technology platforms: Database administration, Server Virtualisation, Desktop Virtualisation, Data & Voice Networking, Messaging, Storage Area Networks, Security, Mobility, Server & Peripheral Hardware.
• Significant experience of IT Service Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change
• Significant experience in leading highly complex technical problems to resolution, including managing external suppliers.
• Significant experience in project delivery of technical projects.
• Experience in assisting with report writing, being operating procedures, options appraisals, risk analysis, user guides.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Solid in-depth experience of supporting, administering and designing enterprise networks
• Cisco CCNP/CCIE or Aruba CX
• Desktop and Server virtualisation technologies experience
• Must be able to demonstrate experience and high level knowledge of support, administration and design.
• Cisco core products including routing, switching, hardware, support, fibre.
• Working in Microsoft Active Directory Infrastructure environments and Microsoft Windows desktop operating systems and office application environments
• Working with Virtualisation Server & desktop technologies, preferably VMWare, HyperV & Citrix or Aruba CS..
• Network security and protection systems such as Extranet design, encryption, firewalls, certificates, mail & web filtering, AV, NAC.
• NAS / SAN storage infrastructures e.g. NetApp/EMC
• Deployment and use of monitoring tools (e.g. Solarwinds) for proactive infrastructure management
• Networking skills (switching, routing, VLANs, PoE, WLAN)
• Extensive knowledge of maintaining and troubleshooting networks
• Experience of building, managing and maintaining high availability networks with Cisco devices
• Experience of Checkpoint Firewalls, VPN and IPSec tunnel configuration and management
• Experience of implementing network monitoring solutions
• Experience of managing and maintaining load balancing equipment

Desirable

• Experience of Cisco ASA, configuration and management 
• Experience of Cisco APIC-EM and software defined networking
• Experience of Aruba CX

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.