At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead network design and ensure optimal performance across our infrastructure.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking organisation committed to inclusivity and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, market pay supplement, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a culture that values diversity and drives innovative solutions.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on network architecture while collaborating with diverse teams.
- Qualifications: Expertise in network systems and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 6650 - 6650 £ per year.
The Senior Specialist Engineer - Networks, is a senior technical role responsible for delivering and maintaining excellence across the network infrastructure estate.
The post holder acts as a subject matter expert and network architect, driving the design and evolution of the network environment, providing expert-level technical leadership during major incidents, and working across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure network services underpin the organisation's operational and scientific mission.
Working alongside the Network Manager, the post holder ensures all systems are optimally configured, resilient, secure, and performant.
Beyond day-to-day operational responsibilities, the role carries explicit accountability for network architecture, strategic design, and cross-functional incident response.,
- Own and maintain a comprehensive and current understanding of the network architecture, acting as an authoritative technical reference for network design decisions.
- Maintain consistent availability and performance across specialist network systems, collaborating with other specialist engineers and ICT colleagues as required.
- Act as a primary network technical authority during major incidents, coordinating resolution activity across multi-disciplinary teams including infrastructure, security, application, and service management functions.
- Act as a technical point of expertise, providing advice, guidance, and training to improve and enhance services for end users.
- Support the Network Team in ensuring hardware, software, and associated technologies are designed, procured, and delivered efficiently and cost-effectively.
- Contribute to and lead the production of network architecture documentation, including High Level Designs (HLD), Low Level Designs (LLD), and As-Built records.
- We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
- UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders.
To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities.
We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
- This role also attracts a market pay supplement of £6650 per annum (to be reviewed in February 2027).
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