Location
London, England
Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
11 Jun 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
28 May 2026
Medical Protection — indemnity for locally employed doctors from £79

Job overview

Principal Networking & Security Engineers are expected to oversee the management and ongoing development of the Trust’s data and telephony network (wired and wireless) and to keep the organisation safe and secure by managing cyber security aspects across the organisation.  The role will cover:

  • Responsibility for the execution of analytics, investigations, resolution, and reporting to a highly complex level for network and cyber security matters
  • Responsibility for the day to day operational running of the Trust’s network, wired and wireless and to troubleshoot issues and outages.
  • Responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and running of the Cyber Security Operations Centre.
  • Escalation point to the team, but also to the wider ICT management to support the delivery of the Departmental and Trust objectives.
  • Providing a high level of support to the Networking and Security Engineers.
  • Responsibility for dealing with and resolving network and cyber security incidents in a timely manner.
  • Responsibility for ensuring any changes to the data and telephony networks, as well as cyber security tools and monitoring do not impact on service
  • Responsibility for evaluating and testing network and security tools.

**Previous applicants need not apply**

Main duties of the job

  • Understand of the demands of the organisation on the ICT department to deliver clinical care to our patients and the network and cyber security functions required to satisfy the corporate needs of the Trust as a whole.
  • Hold relevant professional qualifications, in depth knowledge obtained through formal training to Master’s degree level and/or relevant experience within a similar role within Networking and Security.
  • Responsible for managing incoming work for others, distributing work in line with priorities, ensuring service management and project work are delivered in line with deadlines and service standards
  • Responsible for ensuring adequate systems, policy and procedures are in place covering data protections, data loss/theft, Network intrusion detection/prevention and systems from security threats
  • Point of contact, technical lead and escalation point for additional governance, security or legislative requirements which have an impact or requirement covering our IT estate
  • Responsible for the design, implementation, performance and conducting regular internal and external vulnerability scans within our environment

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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This advert is for ICT Senior Networking & Security Engineer with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Jun 2026.

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