Senior Technical Specialist - Infrastructure (Firewalls) (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS Organisation: Leicestershire County Council Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA Worker Category: Hybrid Salary: £43,860 - £47,829 per annum Working Hours: 37 hours, 9-5 Mon-Fri (occasional out of hours work required) Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 21st December 2025 Interview Date(s): TBC About the Role This is an exciting time for an IT professional to join our well established and busy IT & Digital - Technology Delivery team. The post holder will work alongside experienced IT Infrastructure professionals to assist in meeting the capacity demands of the IT Service as well as ensuring that Leicestershire County Council has a stable, reliable and resilient technical infrastructure to support the organisation. We are looking for individuals with plenty of energy to drive forward change and assist with the introduction of new innovative technology services. The advertised role is full-time posts working 37 hours per week with the occasional need to work outside of usual 9-5 business hours. About You To apply for this post, you must: Come with a sound technical background and you’ll also be willing to learn and keep on top of new innovations in technology, in particular with firewall technologies. Know how to communicate with service users both internally and externally as well as key suppliers and partners. As well as having key technical knowledge and skills you will be able to co-ordinate, monitor and control high value outputs and new innovation into operational practice. Take on new challenges and work within a high-performance team to deliver high quality outcomes. You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. Interested in Flexible Working? We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc. Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Tony Lee (Team Leader - Infrastructure) - to contact me by email, click here or Manish Manchu (Head of Technology) - to contact me by email, click here How to Apply Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support. By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.