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Network Engineer

City of Portsmouth PO6 3EN

Key information

Pay
£32,073 - £39,043
Hours
Full-time
Contract
Contract
Posted date
17 Jul 2026
Closing date
2 Aug 2026

About this role

Specific Core Functions Project and Equipment Installations within the Group hospital model. Work in a team to help design and complete full switch cabinet upgrades, including: Assisting in the design and producing kit lists for procurement. Identifying gaps in standards and working with teams across the Trust to remediate issues. Liaise with customers to arrange mutually convenient installation of equipment in line with current change control management procedures, some out of hours work may be required Test and Build Switches, UPSs and ATS hardware, in-line with Trust standards and in preparation for deployment. Complete on-site planning and build/install cable looms. Complete ward walkarounds, working with clinical teams to identify high risk equipment and support migration with clinical requirements. Complete switch migration, adhering to cabinet and cabling standards. Decommission hardware following the Trusts disposal policy. Update and maintain the Trusts asset register for related hardware. Update and manage deployment of monitoring and alerting configuration. Assist in the development of kit lists for procurement and checking delivered hardware, software and licences match the original order. Assist with the deployment and technical support of the Trusts Access Points, working with third party suppliers, some occasional ladder use may be required. Complete WiFi surveys using the departments test equipment. Provide hands deployment of configuration changes to VTP, QOS, VLANs and other technical requirements across the Trust. Provide support to the Operational Teams diagnosing and remediating technical problems with network hardware and supporting patching across the Trust. For further details please refer to enclosed job description.