We are pleased to be recruiting for a Network Engineer to join North Yorkshire Police in Northallerton, at their Alverton Court HQ.
This is a Hybrid Role. Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 17:00. This is a temporary role until January 2025.
PLEASE ONLY APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE LIVED IN THE UK FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS CONTINUOUSLY. THIS IS DUE TO POLICE CRITERIA.
Key Responsibilities
- As part of the Infrastructure team provide input in to the infrastructure strategy and roadmap supporting the strategies of the OPFCC, NYP, NYFRS and Enable NY.
- Support effective and positive engagement with stakeholders across the organisation providing feedback to line management to ensure the service offering meets current and future business needs. Identify and promote to line management any opportunities to innovate, advance and improve technological capabilities to support the business requirements of the OPFCC, NYP, NYFRS and Enable NY.
- Participate in activities to transform business requirements and specifications into capabilities and explore the infrastructure delivery options, developing design ideas to time and performance quality standards.
- Provide support to line management on all aspects of network and telephony, including events/incidents which require intervention by specialists, up to and including 3rd party providers.
- Engage with suppliers to identify, manage and review products and services to achieve desired outcomes.
- Follow approved ICT procedures and working practices associated with operating, controlling and modifying the installed infrastructure updating associated documentation.
- Managing the portfolio of own skills in order to identify gaps in capability and knowledge that may impact on the ability to meet the demands of the business and highlight these to line management.
- Use security risk analysis methods, tools and techniques as appropriate, to carry out risk assessments to identify potential exposures to network and telephony, critical to the continuity of delivering frontline services.
- Ensure that the Senior Engineer is kept informed as to the current status of all network and telephony systems and any outstanding issues with service providers that could affect the efficiency of the network and telephony systems.
- Provide information to line management on service resources to ensure that the disaster recovery requirements of systems can be satisfied.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of network and telephony security processes and compliance requirements.
- To support line management when consulting with clients with respect to all network and telephony systems and services. Ensure the wider team are aware of impacts and mitigation options to maintain or limit the impact on service disruption.
- Promote and embed a culture of knowledge sharing.
- Attend and actively participate in meetings, events, seminars, and training regarding server, storage and client services.
Requirements - to succeed in this role:
- You will have the ability to create solutions and make decisions that drive organisational and financial performance.
- You will be a problem solver with excellent analytical skills in a highly technical customer focused service environment.
- You will have experience of working on implementation projects.
- You will have experience of working with enterprise network and telephony systems in a medium to large environment, preferably in an emergency services organisation, and have a thorough understanding of networking and telephony principles, standards and technologies.
- Your credibility as a Network Engineer will be critical to your success in this role; you will therefore be able to demonstrate how you combine your strong professional knowledge and insight, with personal credibility and flair, in order to engage colleagues and clients through change.
- You will be able to communicate in the appropriate style and language with a wide range of contacts including:
All customers of the OPFCC, NYFRS and NYP
* Members and staff of other Forces/Partners and national ICT networks
* Suppliers and Contractors
* Members of the public - You will have experience of public sector including procurement and ideally in an emergency services setting such as Police or Fire and Rescue Services
- You will hold or be able to demonstrate equivalent working experience at this technical level
CCNA or above
* CompTIA Network+
* CompTIA Security+
* ITIL Foundation Certificate in Service Management
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