Senior Cyber Security Engineer

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

The closing date is 30 October 2025

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will work closely with the Lead Cyber Security Engineer and the Cyber Security Architect to ensure that appropriate technical resources are trained and then aligned to work streams, to ensure a seamless and consistent delivery of cyber security services to agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA's) and technical standards.

The post holder will require "hands on" technical skills on a wide range of technologies to support the team in providing cyber security services. The post holder will also require strong proven communication and influencing skills and the ability to develop effective relationships across all levels of the organisation.

Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility:

• Security Architecture Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Support
• Incident Response
• Risk and Vulnerability Management
• Policy and Compliance
• Handing User Requests, Audit and System Testing
• User Education and Training
• Continuous Improvement, Budgeting and Cost Saving
• Documentation and Reporting
• Key Relationships

As well as being an experienced Senior Cyber Security Engineer the role is a "hands on" technical role which requires extensive experience of:

• Virtualisation infrastructure environments including Microsoft Hyper V & VMWare
• Mail & Web filtering tools (e.g., Clearswift, Fortinet)
• VPN solutions such as Microsoft Direct Access or Always on VPN
• Remote Desktop Services & VDI Solutions
• Backup & Recovery Solutions
• Antivirus Solutions (e.g. SOPHOS, Microsoft Defender of Endpoint)
• Vulnerability assessment & scanning solutions (e.g. IT Health Dashboard, Tenable Nessus)
• Endpoint Management Solutions including Microsoft SCCM & Intune
• Digital Infrastructure Monitoring Solutions (SolarWinds, Azure Monitor)

About us

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the provision of ambulance services across an area of 10,000 square miles which is 20% of mainland England. Our core operations focus is the delivery of emergency ambulance 999 services (A&E). We have 92 ambulance stations, two Emergency Operations Centres, and two Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART). Our vision is that together, we will deliver the best care when people in the region need us most. To achieve this, the Trust has a five year Trust Strategy which includes four strategic objectives that support us in achieving our vision:

Our Patients: To consistently achieve quality driven, high performing, patient centred care

Our People: To create the conditions for our people to thrive

Our Partners: To be a valued partner improving health outcomes together

Our Organisation: To create a sustainable and progressive organisation that's data and digitally driven

As part of DDaT, the Cyber Team is delivering cyber security services to the Trust, supporting the Trust's strategic objectives to create a sustainable and progressive organisation that's data and digitally driven.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description attached which provides a clear overview of all the roles responsibilities and duties.

Person Specification Education and qualifications

• Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant IT/ technical discipline.
• Vendor specific qualifications from Microsoft or others as relevant (score 1 if met).
• Holds a current ITIL v4 Foundation/Practitioner certificate or a lapsed ITIL v3 Foundation/Practitioner certificate or equivalent experience (score 1 if met).
• Knowledge of specialist areas as listed above, acquired through graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to graduate level equivalent (score 1 for each met, max score of 5 for this sub item).

Previous experience (Paid/ Unpaid relevant to job)

• Over 3 years working experience in the NHS IT or similar background either in the Public and/or Private sector.
• Experience of supporting enterprise level critical cyber security infrastructure.

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.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust HQ / Bristol (St. James)