IT Infrastructure Specialist (Internal HDFT Applicants Only)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical direction and solution design across all core technologies, specialising in Servers, Networking & Telecoms
• Lead on designing and implementing production environments to ensure alignment with trust growth plans and project initiatives
• Take the lead on Infrastructure elements of Digital projects working directly with the Trusts project managers, manage the implementation of Infrastructure projects
• Manage and support the end to end information infrastructure service across the organisation, participate in the departmental on call support rot
• Engage in strategic disaster recovery planning for all design aspects of technology infrastructure
• Pro-actively review new and emerging technologies with its subsequent application according to the Trusts business requirements, where relevant, provide input into business cases
• Highlight areas of practice that would benefit from review or improvement. Appraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendations and directives which have been agreed to improve services
• Undertaking research and development initiatives on a range of emerging technologies and keep abreast of industry developments
• Carry out internal reviews of the technology enterprise and other available data to identify where investment is required to ensure strategic objectives are achieved
• Ensure ICT Support and Operational Groups are aware of Server, Networking & Telecoms technologies
• Aid with technical strategic plans and are engaged where applicable during the implementation process
• Work closely with staff both inside and outside the department communicating highly specialist technical information
• Provide and receive highly complex technical information; ensure agreement of complex detail within technical information; present back such information to large both technical and to non-technical staff goups within the trust
• Communicates a wide range of infrastructure issues which can be complex and multi-stranded. Accurately communicates findings to non-technical colleagues using appropriate terminology
• Negotiates priorities with both trust staff and suppliers on e.g. system design and development, reporting processes, IT training, with non IT managers; Trains or presents on complex IT issues
• Help to lead and motivate staff within the team to deliver and improve services, mentor and train junior staff within the department, either directly or through delegated responsibility
• Assist with developing the operational and planning processes throughout department to deliver services to required standards and within the available resource base
• Train and cascade information relating to hardware and software developments to such staff groups as may be necessary to assist with communication and business continuity
• Liaise with other hospitals and providers to ensure that the best practice techniques developed elsewhere can be utilised at this Trust
• Help to develop and implement policies and procedures for the use of digital department staff

Person Specification

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience
• LAN/WAN & Wireless Networking design and concepts
• Firewall, Server, Network & Telecoms security concepts
• Ability to work under extreme pressure and produce high quality work to tight deadlines
• Ability to work autonomously or as part of a team

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Harrogate District Hospital

Lancaster Park Road

Harrogate

HG2 7SX

Employer's website

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