Network Services Manager

Description:

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .

About The Role

Lead and manage the Network Services team, covering voice, data and perimeter security services including all day to day operational and technical aspects and strategic ownership. Provide technical and operational leadership in the planning, design, implementation and performance of converged network infrastructure to support voice, data and unified communications. Minimise our exposure and risk on Communications and Network failure and disaster’s through implementation of high availability, resilient solutions, disaster recovery, planning, implementing, testing and readiness. A point of escalation for junior colleagues, and an opportunity to remain ‘hands-on’ for complex project delivery.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:
 

• Excellent communication skills – Verbal/Written
• Excellent customer service skills
• Industry standard qualifications or certifications - Cisco or Extreme Networks preferred.
• Experience in managing corporate communications and network infrastructures in large, complex, multi-site organisations.
   

The role requires you to participate in an on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.