Systems Administrator

Job summary

Band 7 Systems Administrator - Networking

We are currently looking to appoint a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and flexible Band 7 Senior Systems Administrator who specializes in networking technologies to join the Digital & Information Infrastructure Team.

The role will be based at the City Hospital Campus or the QMC campus, you may be expected to travel to other NHS organizations or Supplier premises.

Digital Services provides services at the City Hospital Campus, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, and Ropewalk. It comprises a multi-disciplinary team of professional staff providing a wide range of services in computing both technical and non-technical, business management, and telecommunications.

Main duties of the job

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As a Senior Systems Administrator, you will be involved in delivering support to our networking infrastructure across three campuses, to help deliver and maintain national and local IT requirements. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing Cisco networking infrastructure or be able to demonstrate you have the skill to be a Senior Systems Administrator who specializes in networking. You will also be expected to take part in an on-call rota.

About us

To be the ideal candidate you must possess.

Extensive knowledge and experience of major IT infrastructure such as but not limited to network security products (DS/IPS), firewalls, and managing wireless network technologies and network switches in a large campus environment.

Extensive knowledge and experience in network design and data cabling standards.

Extensive knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP

Knowledge and experience with server operating systems.

Knowledge and experience in administering security solutions to prevent cybersecurity incidents.

Knowledge and experience in fault diagnostics and mitigation planning

Strong communication and document writing skills

Flexibility to ensure the network infrastructure has the high availability required.