Cyber Security Architect | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 04 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro-rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 06 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Cambridge, CB20QQ |
| Cwmni: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7742042/180-F-CVA298 |
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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.
If you want your expertise to directly support care, safety and excellence for thousands of patients and staff, we would love to hear from you.
As a Cyber Security Architect, you will play a key role in ensuring the security and resilience of CUH’s digital services. You will:
• 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.
Cambridge University Hospitals is one of the UK’s leading centres of clinical excellence, research and digital innovation. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we are proud to uphold the Trust values ofSafe, Kind and Excellentin all aspects of our work.
As part of the eHospital Technical Architecture function, you will join a team consisting of an Enterprise Architect and a Solution Architect. The team is always busy, highly collaborative, and trusted across the organisation for its diligence, integrity and commitment to help delivering secure, modern and reliable digital services.
You will work closely with clinical, operational and administrative colleagues at every level of the Trust, providing expert advice that helps shape the secure delivery of digital services patients and staff rely on every day. The team is valued for its technical expertise, its practical insights into emerging technologies, and its ability to translate complex concepts into meaningful, safe and effective solutions.
By joining us, you will be part of a fast moving digital programme that plays an important role in supporting excellent care across Cambridge University Hospital. This is a place where your work directly contributes to patient safety, service improvement and the future of healthcare.
· Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 18th Feb 2026
Interviews date will be communicated to successful applicant.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Feb 2026