Job summary
The Digital Operations Team are responsible for the provision and support of electronic information systems and the system infrastructure for the Trust and local external NHS organisations.
The Digital Network Manager will be required to provide third line support, maintenance and development for the network infrastructure across three main hospital sites, the interconnectivty between them alongside several community sites.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provider support, maintenance and development of the Trusts network infrastructure across the many sites. Including but not limited to routing and switching, firewall configuration and troubleshooting and managing the many third party providers.
About us
We provide care and support to over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, in community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (in Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and the best place to receive care.
We have a clear vision, and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the
specification, procurement and installation of the server infrastructure
required to support the Trust.
- Responsible for the
management of IT hardware support contracts ensuring reliability, availability
and value for money.
- Responsible for
ensuring the right level of knowledge and tools are available to the Trust IT
support staff.
- Responsible for the
development and visioning of IT services provision in support of Trust
objectives.
- Responsible for
ensuring proactive maintenance on all IT server systems where possible.
- Responsible for
ensuring anti-virus software is available and up-to-date on all servers and
desktops
- Responsible for the
implementation and adherence to relevant Trust and national policies and
standards within the department and where appropriate within the Trust.
- Responsible for the
establishment and on-going provision of IT services throughout all Trust sites,
particularly the provision of IT Systems.
- Responsible for maintenance and support of the virtual
server environment, storage area network (SAN) and monitoring system
performance and capacity.
- Apply independent judgement in the evaluation of new and existing
information systems.
- Exercise initiative in selecting appropriate software and
hardware.
- Provide specialist advice on IT system related issues.
- Help to meet national mandatory timescale requirements undertaking
monitoring of actions and
any problems immediately to ensure the timescales are met.
- Expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of
a 24/7 workforce. This may mean, on occasion, working outside the core office
hours.
- The post holder will participate in the IT
departments out of hours on-call rota.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the
specification, procurement and installation of the server infrastructure
required to support the Trust.
- Responsible for the
management of IT hardware support contracts ensuring reliability, availability
and value for money.
- Responsible for
ensuring the right level of knowledge and tools are available to the Trust IT
support staff.
- Responsible for the
development and visioning of IT services provision in support of Trust
objectives.
- Responsible for
ensuring proactive maintenance on all IT server systems where possible.
- Responsible for
ensuring anti-virus software is available and up-to-date on all servers and
desktops
- Responsible for the
implementation and adherence to relevant Trust and national policies and
standards within the department and where appropriate within the Trust.
- Responsible for the
establishment and on-going provision of IT services throughout all Trust sites,
particularly the provision of IT Systems.
- Responsible for maintenance and support of the virtual
server environment, storage area network (SAN) and monitoring system
performance and capacity.
- Apply independent judgement in the evaluation of new and existing
information systems.
- Exercise initiative in selecting appropriate software and
hardware.
- Provide specialist advice on IT system related issues.
- Help to meet national mandatory timescale requirements undertaking
monitoring of actions and
any problems immediately to ensure the timescales are met.
- Expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of
a 24/7 workforce. This may mean, on occasion, working outside the core office
hours.
- The post holder will participate in the IT
departments out of hours on-call rota.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent.
Desirable
- MCSE
- ITIL Foundation
- Cyber Essentials
- CCNA
Experience
Essential
- Significant proven experience of working in a busy data centre environment
- System Management of Microsoft Windows server 2016
- Installation and management of MS SQL server/clusters
- Working with Storage Arrays/SANs
- Virtualization technologies
- Backup technologies
Desirable
- Working with EMC Storage Arrays (Unity and VNX)
- VMWare/Horizon View
- EMC Networker
- Veeam
- Cloud technologies such as Azure or AWS
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Effective team player
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines.
- The ability to maintain and enhance own skills and knowledge
- Availability to work sometimes at short notice on other sites to cover absence
- Ability to work on own initiative, to prioritise and plan workloads.
- Self motivated and the ability to motivate others.
- Adaptable to change.
- A good listener/ communicator.
Knowledge & Awareness
Essential
- Windows server 2012/2016
- Active Directory
- Microsoft management systems such as SCCM
- Systems Monitoring tools
- Cyber/network security
- SIP/digital telephony
- VPN/remote access technologies
Desirable
- Knowledge of networking and Cisco products including Call Manager
- Unix/Linux
- Relational database management eg MSSQL, Oracle
- Knowledge of SolarWinds
- MS PowerShell
- McAfee EPO
- Juniper/PulseSecure
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge transfer to other staff. Provide thorough and accurate documentation.
Desirable
- Management skills
- Verbal presentation skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent.
Desirable
- MCSE
- ITIL Foundation
- Cyber Essentials
- CCNA
Experience
Essential
- Significant proven experience of working in a busy data centre environment
- System Management of Microsoft Windows server 2016
- Installation and management of MS SQL server/clusters
- Working with Storage Arrays/SANs
- Virtualization technologies
- Backup technologies
Desirable
- Working with EMC Storage Arrays (Unity and VNX)
- VMWare/Horizon View
- EMC Networker
- Veeam
- Cloud technologies such as Azure or AWS
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Effective team player
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines.
- The ability to maintain and enhance own skills and knowledge
- Availability to work sometimes at short notice on other sites to cover absence
- Ability to work on own initiative, to prioritise and plan workloads.
- Self motivated and the ability to motivate others.
- Adaptable to change.
- A good listener/ communicator.
Knowledge & Awareness
Essential
- Windows server 2012/2016
- Active Directory
- Microsoft management systems such as SCCM
- Systems Monitoring tools
- Cyber/network security
- SIP/digital telephony
- VPN/remote access technologies
Desirable
- Knowledge of networking and Cisco products including Call Manager
- Unix/Linux
- Relational database management eg MSSQL, Oracle
- Knowledge of SolarWinds
- MS PowerShell
- McAfee EPO
- Juniper/PulseSecure
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge transfer to other staff. Provide thorough and accurate documentation.
Desirable
- Management skills
- Verbal presentation skills
Additional information
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).
