Cyber Security Engineer

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

Cyber Security Engineer

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Cyber Security Team.

Reporting to the Cyber Security Manager, this role is responsible for providing Cyber Security technical expertise and operational support for the Trust Digital Services Department as a subject matter expert.

This role will encompass day to day operations and project work in supporting the Trust to meet its Cyber Security Agenda, Framework and Strategy to deliver secure digital services operations in line with established legislation/directives, industry best practice and the assertions outlined in the NHS England Data Security Protection Toolkit.

Interview Date TBC

Main duties of the job

The role spans across many areas of cyber security including:

1. Maintaining systems used by the Cyber Security Team ensuring upgrades of the systems/servers and related software is undertaken within an agreed programme of maintenance.
2. Assist with operating and monitoring specific core Cyber Security systems and their related activity including performance, capacity and connectivity in order to ensure the security function operates in a pro-active manner enforcing and delivering Digital Services policy, procedures and processes.
3. Receive, investigate, remediate/action and record alerts to completion status as received from various sources.
4. Support Trust responses to NHS England High Severity Alerts cyber security alerts, ensuring the responses are in line with DSPT timescales.
5. Contribute technical expertise, advice and support regarding cyber security threats and vulnerabilities, policies, standards, procedures, processes and strategies.
6. Conduct complex data analysis and investigations including phishing and malware analysis, report findings and put forward conclusions and recommendations as appropriate.

About us

Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital.

CUH provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough's only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the Crocus home birthing team.

Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) in the south of the borough offers outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services run by Moorfields Eye Hospital, alongside an onsite GP surgery.

Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after for people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where every one of our members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.

Job responsibilities

Please find the full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the support documents.

Person Specification

Essential

• Degree in a technology discipline, or relevant experience in a technical or security role; ITIL Foundation qualification; Commitment to continuing professional development.

Desirable

• One or more IT security qualifications, such as CISSP, CISM, CISMP, Certified Ethical Hacker, Security+ CompTIA/ CompTIA A+, CISCO/Microsoft Information security risk management qualification, including CRISC, Project management qualification.

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.

Employer details

Employer name
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Address
Croydon University Hospital
530 London Road
Croydon, South London
CR7 7YE

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