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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the growing Network Team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.  The Trust has recently invested significantly in new network technology that supports the organisation in delivering leading clinical services to the residents of Kent, Medway and East Sussex. 

The role would be well-suited to a seasoned hands-on network engineer with an aptitude for learning, that would like to advance their career with exposure to modern technology from class leading vendors.

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Job summary: 

The post holder will play a key role in the Network Team, providing 3rd line technical expertise and ownership for the Trust’s IT network estate. 

The post holder will have comprehensive knowledge of the following:

•    Wired and wireless networking technologies
•    Subnetting and routing (including BGP, OSPF, ISIS)
•    Cisco switching (Catalyst 9k platform)
•    Cisco datacentre switching (Nexus 9k platform)
•    Network authentication technologies (Cisco ISE, RADIUS, TACACS+)
•    Cisco management products (Cisco ISE, DNA Centre, APIC, Stealthwatch)
•    Cisco wireless (Aireos and IOS XE platform)
•    DHCP and DNS
•    Firewalls (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA)
•    Cybersecurity principles and best practices
•    Change management

You will participate in the day to day support, configuration, maintenance and monitoring of the Trust’s network infrastructure to ensure high availability of clinical and non-clinical IT services. This will also involve participating in an out of hours on call rota.  On occasion, some planed activity may require a flexible attitude to work outside of normal office hours, eg evenings and weekends.

You will take a leading role in developing our network infrastructure and configuration; advising the Network Architect on strategic problems and opportunities; project support for configuration and installation of new infrastructure as well as day-to-day support to enable the Programme Management Team to deliver new projects for the Trust

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. 

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. 

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.