Cyber Security Architect | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 27 Ebrill 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £57,528 - £64,750 p.a. pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 27 Mai 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Cwmni: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7966146/180-F-CVA298-RE |
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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.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
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 want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. 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.
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 30th April 2026.
Interview dates will be communicated to successful applicants.
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 Thursday 30 Apr 2026