Overview
Join one of the UK’s leading healthcare organisations at the forefront of clinical excellence and digital innovation. As a Cyber Security Architect within our eHospital team, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the systems that underpin world‑class patient care at Cambridge University Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate cyber security professional to shape and influence how a major NHS Trust protects its digital assets, responds to emerging threats, and ensures compliance with national standards. You will provide expert technical leadership, guide secure design across new and existing systems, and help the organisation stay resilient in a rapidly evolving cyber landscape.
Working alongside technical specialists, clinical teams, and senior leaders, you will make a real impact – strengthening our cyber posture, supporting patient safety, and contributing to the digital future of a vital healthcare service.
Responsibilities
* Provide expert technical guidance on cyber security across new and existing systems, ensuring compliance with NHS, legal, and national cyber standards.
* Lead the technical assurance of system designs, supplier solutions, and internal services to ensure secure, robust architectures.
* Support the Trust’s management of cyber threats, including vulnerability management, incident response, patching oversight, and threat‑led risk assessments.
* Deliver and contribute to cyber security projects using recognised project management principles.
* Monitor and report on cyber security risks, incidents, and compliance, providing clear recommendations and mitigation plans.
* Build strong relationships with IT teams, clinical departments, and external partners to raise security awareness and promote best practice.
* Provide specialist advice to inform Trust policies, governance forums, audits, and the national Data Security & Protection Toolkit.
* Represent the Trust in NHS cyber security forums and liaise with national authorities on alerts and emerging threats.
* Contribute to security training and ongoing awareness across the organisation.
Equal Opportunities
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Visa Restrictions
* Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full‑time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa unless they have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of employment.
* Alternatively, if they have successfully completed their course and applied for a Graduate visa beforehand.
* Or the Trust has agreed that they will sponsor them as a Skilled Worker and they will complete their studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.
Benefits
* Development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, a shopping concourse and day nurseries.
* Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.
* Free Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites, as well as the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals.
* Subsidised cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
* On‑site 24/7 hot food available at a reduced cost for colleagues.
* Staff pod break spaces in the Deakin Centre with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area.
* Flexible arrangements including part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.
* Supportive measures to assist employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances.
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