Senior Support Specialist
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Occupation Type
IT user support technicians
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£41,700
(£21.38 per hour)
Standard minimum applies
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Description
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months
With effect from 01 April 2026, NHS Scotland is reducing its full time working week from 37 to 36 hours per week, there will be no change in full time pay.
NHS Tayside has an exciting vacancy for a driven Senior Systems Specialist / Network Engineer to work within the Network Services Team, this is part of NHS Tayside Digital Directorate and provides critical Data Network Services to all NHS Tayside facilities including Hospitals, GP Surgeries, and Primary Care sites.
What We Are Looking For
The job entails providing leadership and delivery within all aspects of Network Services including, but not exclusively, the following: - LAN, WAN, DNS, VPN, Remote Access, Network Cyber Security, Firewalls, WiFi, routing and Network Management Platforms including Solarwinds and Cisco Enterprise Management platforms.
The postholder will be responsible for scoping, driving and implementing new technologies / solutions as well as evaluating existing implementations and future roadmaps including capacity planning, this will involve managing complex projects but also maintaining our crucial Business as Usual function handling incident, request and problem functions whilst also being a point of escalation for any service impacting Major incidents.
The postholder will have excellent technical and non-technical communication skills and line management responsibility so must be familiar with managing technical teams.
This role will include the above but is not restricted to these responsibilities.
What We Will Give You
Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months
With effect from 01 April 2026, NHS Scotland is reducing its full time working week from 37 to 36 hours per week, there will be no change in full time pay.
NHS Tayside has an exciting vacancy for a driven Senior Systems Specialist / Network Engineer to work within the Network Services Team, this is part of NHS Tayside Digital Directorate and provides critical Data Network Services to all NHS Tayside facilities including Hospitals, GP Surgeries, and Primary Care sites.
What We Are Looking For
The job entails providing leadership and delivery within all aspects of Network Services including, but not exclusively, the following: - LAN, WAN, DNS, VPN, Remote Access, Network Cyber Security, Firewalls, WiFi, routing and Network Management Platforms including Solarwinds and Cisco Enterprise Management platforms.
The postholder will be responsible for scoping, driving and implementing new technologies / solutions as well as evaluating existing implementations and future roadmaps including capacity planning, this will involve managing complex projects but also maintaining our crucial Business as Usual function handling incident, request and problem functions whilst also being a point of escalation for any service impacting Major incidents.
The postholder will have excellent technical and non-technical communication skills and line management responsibility so must be familiar with managing technical teams.
This role will include the above but is not restricted to these responsibilities.
What We Will Give You
You will have a degree of autonomy within your role and will report to the Network Service Delivery Manager.
You will be offered training relevant to the role and there are opportunities for professional development and career progression within the wider directorate.
The Digital Team are currently based in MacKenzie Building, Ninewells, Dundee, however some flexibility, with the team working remotely at times.
Current NHS Tayside Employee’s - Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.
Additional Information For Candidates
You will be offered training relevant to the role and there are opportunities for professional development and career progression within the wider directorate.
The Digital Team are currently based in MacKenzie Building, Ninewells, Dundee, however some flexibility, with the team working remotely at times.
Current NHS Tayside Employee’s - Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.
- Informal enquiries to: Mr Scott Burden, Service Delivery Manager, email. scott.burden@nhs.scot tel. 01382 660111 ex. 57208, also refer to the Person Specification, and Job Description for more details.
Additional Information For Candidates
- You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Jobtrain.
- DO NOT upload a CV as this will not be used for shortlisting purposes.