Cyber Security Architect | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Join one of the UK’s leading healthcare organisations at the forefront of clinical excellence and digital innovation. As a Cyber Security Architect within our eHospital team, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the systems that underpin world‑class patient care at Cambridge University Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate cyber security professional to shape and influence how a major NHS Trust protects its digital assets, responds to emerging threats, and ensures compliance with national standards. You will provide expert technical leadership, guide secure design across new and existing systems, and help the organisation stay resilient in a rapidly evolving cyber landscape.

Working alongside technical specialists, clinical teams, and senior leaders, you will make a real impact — strengthening our cyber posture, supporting patient safety, and contributing to the digital future of a vital healthcare service.

If you want your expertise to directly support care, safety and excellence for thousands of patients and staff, we would love to hear from you.

• Provide expert technical guidance on cyber security across new and existing systems, ensuring compliance with NHS, legal, and national cyber standards.
• Lead the technical assurance of system designs, supplier solutions, and internal services to ensure secure, robust architectures.
• Support the Trust’s management of cyber threats, including vulnerability management, incident response, patching oversight, and threat‑led risk assessments.
• Deliver and contribute to cyber security projects using recognised project management principles.
• Monitor and report on cyber security risks, incidents, and compliance, providing clear recommendations and mitigation plans.
• Build strong relationships with IT teams, clinical departments, and external partners to raise security awareness and promote best practice.
• Provide specialist advice to inform Trust policies, governance forums, audits, and the national Data Security & Protection Toolkit.
• Represent the Trust in NHS cyber security forums and liaise with national authorities on alerts and emerging threats.
• Contribute to security training and ongoing awareness across the organisation.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here.

CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity,…