Senior Cyber Security Engineer | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Cyber Security Engineer | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Cyber Security Engineer with strong technical expertise to take on a senior role within our Cyber Security team.

By joining our team, you will play a pivotal role in protecting our organisation's critical systems and data, strengthening our security posture, and enabling the safe delivery of our services. If you are passionate about cyber security and looking to take the next step in your career, we would welcome your application.

We have a number of key security initiatives underway, threat detection enhancement, identity and access management improvements, vulnerability management, incident response capability development, cloud security uplift, and ongoing security architecture reviews, alongside day-to-day operational support. You will work closely with our Infrastructure team to design, implement, and maintain technical solutions and security controls, ensuring security is embedded across our network, systems, and platforms.

Do you have proven skills across areas such as security monitoring and SIEM platforms, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, incident response and threat hunting, firewalls and network security, identity and access management, endpoint protection, and cloud security (MS365 and Azure).

We value collaboration, initiative, and a strong commitment to safeguarding our organisation. In this fast-paced and evolving threat landscape, you will face new and varied challenges daily.

• Design, implement and maintain technical security controls, solutions and secure architectures across the Trust's Digital estate
• Lead on the investigation, reporting and response to cyber security incidents, data breaches, phishing and malware
• Carry out risk assessments, vulnerability assessments and internal audits, recommending action to strengthen the Trust's cyber security posture
• Coordinate penetration testing and security audits, tracking findings through to remediation
• Provide specialist technical advice and support to colleagues across ICT and the wider Trust on complex cyber security matters
• Liaise with NHS England, NCSC and CareCERT on national alerts, threat intelligence and incident response, responding within DSPT-mandated timescales
• Support the Trust's compliance with the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) and NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to colleagues, deputising for the Head of IT Security & Compliance as required

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that

Time Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation has brought what is widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust