The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) team at PDSA enable the needs of over 2,000 colleagues and 3,000 volunteers across 160 UK hospitals, shops, and hundreds of homes across the country, supporting our Veterinary experts to treat almost half a million pets each year. And we are going to do more.
In 2022, we created our new DDaT directorate with a new strategy to transform the organisation. We created our first Digital team, Business Partnering and Service teams, expanded our technical teams, and started to consolidate subject matter expertise.
In 2023, we have started our multi-million-pound transformation programme, and this year will be completely replacing our network with a modern SD-WAN, migrating our on-premise architecture to 100% cloud, create a new web architecture platform, and strengthen our telecoms and security capabilities. Later this year, we'll start work on our new data capabilities and insight services.
We're investing significantly in our internal teams to be able to deliver and support this transformation, shifting the balance of responsibility to PDSA colleagues, ably supported by partners.
At this time, we are increasing our team with another 10 posts, to further extend our ambition to grow our technical capability.
This advert is an opportunity to join us on this journey as one of our Network Engineers. You'll be joining a well-established team of 5 covering key responsibilities such as the deployment, support and continued improvement of our infrastructure, networking and security services. You'll report to the IT Infrastructure & Security Manager who reports to the Director for Digital, Data and Technology.
You will engage in projects delivering leading technology solutions and support the organisation to be successful every day.
To succeed, you will have proven success in developing, implementing and maintaining network connectivity including SD-WAN/WAN, LAN, WiFi, Mobile and an expert technical understanding networking for Microsoft cloud-technologies and on-premise.
You will also need technical knowledge in a number of the following areas:
- Secure Systems design
- Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud
- Routing and Switching
- SD-WAN
- Firewall Technology
- IP Telecom
- Business Continuity
We are really passionate about being a great place to work, where people feel connected with what we do and where they feel they can make a genuine difference. This commitment has resulted in us being included in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Not-for-Profit Companies to Work for in the UK – a title we hope to retain in future years to come.
In addition to being a great place to work, we offer a competitive salary, a 35-hour week (pro rata for part time) and a wide range of benefits, including:
- Remote and flexible working options available
- In addition to public holidays, we’ll give you 25 days holiday per year with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday each year
- An additional Wellbeing day to take whenever you like to help recharge your batteries
- Employee Assistance Program and Online Wellbeing Centre available 24/7 giving you the ability to speak with a professional in confidence about a range of issues
- Generous Auto-Enrolment pension and/or Contributory pension schemes available starting at an enhanced rate of 5% contributions up to 10%
- You will be covered by our Life Assurance policy payable to your named beneficiaries (4 x Annual Salary)
- Wide range of discounts for Retail, Holiday and similar organisations on our fetch platform
If you’re ready for a challenge and are excited by the purpose and values of PDSA, then please send your CV with the job role in the email subject to Rob Tandy (IT Infrastructure & Security Manager) at [email protected] and find out more about this exciting opportunity.
PDSA is committed to embedding a culture of diversity and inclusion within our teams that reflect the communities we serve. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and opportunity for flexible working arrangements to support team members from different backgrounds.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss via email or telephone reasonable adjustments that you may require throughout the recruitment process.