Senior Network Engineer Job at Liverpool Full Time

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, including network automation, VoIP, wireless, and SD-WAN. You will be responsible for designing and implementing these solutions, as well as providing technical support and troubleshooting when necessary.

Interviews planned for week commencing 15 June 2026

As a Network Engineer within NHS Informatics Merseyside, you will be responsible for managing our complex network infrastructure, ensuring the delivery of reliable and secure network services to support clinical operations and improve patient outcomes. You will also design and implement network solutions and ensure network security and compliance with relevant standards and policies.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Managing network infrastructure and services to meet the needs of the NHS
• Providing expert technical support for network services
• Ensuring network security and compliance with relevant standards and policies
• Identifying and resolving network issues to minimise downtime and improve performance
• Collaborating with other IT teams and stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Proven experience as a Network Engineer, with expertise in Cisco network technologies
• In-depth knowledge of network security best practices
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels
• Experience of designing and implementing network solutions in a complex network environment.