Principal Network Engineer
About Us
Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 138 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.
Our Mission
As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all. To learn more about a calling that defines and unites, please click here for more information about our mission, vision, and values.
The posted compensation range of $54.76 - $81.45 /hour is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.
The Network Engineer job family has responsibility for infrastructure/technical planning, implementation and support activities for network environments owned by the CommonSpirit Health IT Technical Infrastructure team.
The creation and maintenance of overall network plans, encompassing the communication of data, voice, text and image, in the support of an organization's business strategy. This includes the planning of all aspects of infrastructure necessary to ensure provision of network services to meet specified requirements.
The operation and control of the IT infrastructure that is required to deliver and support the information systems needs of a business. Responsibilities include resolving software and hardware related problems, preparation for new or changed services, administering technology layers, monitoring of performance of systems, performing capacity planning and conducting version management.
Network Engineerswork closely with architects, infrastructure support, database administrators and application support teams to ensure seamless and quality IT support for CommonSpirit Health customers and alignment with CommonSpirit Health's IT standards, controls and governance. Provides exceptional customer service to CommonSpirit Health end users, Business Stakeholders and other members of CommonSpirit Health IT.
The Principal Network Engineer is considered a subject matter expert in the enterprise and multiple technology areas, platforms and functions. They are responsible for maintaining a deep awareness and understanding of emerging trends and technologies in IT and Healthcare.Assignments span the enterprise as the principal network engineer will be responsible for standards and technical roadmap development.
Essential Functions:
- Implements engineering based solutions that conform and align to the guideposts/direction provided by the Enterprise Architecture team.
- Participates in discussions relating to strategic planning, technical roadmap development, standards and architecture.
- Provides feedback to the engineering manager on improving the availability, security, compliance, interoperability, performance, and cost of the WAN infrastructure.
- Collaborates with other Infrastructure teams to develop or clarify deliverables that would be delegated to network engineering.
- Help align support efforts between Network Engineering and other CommonSpirit Health teams, and provide escalation and resolution functions when necessary.
- Leads and participates in proof-of-concept activities for technology assessments, communicates findings, and proposes implementation and adoption timelines.
- Serves as subject matter expert for various network engineering disciplines and will be an escalation point for complex requests and issues.
- Provide technical ownership for assignments as required by the Engineering Manager and work effectively with all levels of leadership.
- Enforces adherence to IT standards in design processes and audits the production network for exceptions to these standards.
- Provide oversight and facilitation of the CommonSpirit Health IT change management process as it applies to the Network Engineering team.
- Mentors colleagues on the network engineering team and possesses a demeanor that is open and approachable.
- Must be a quick learner, an innovator, adaptable to change, results-oriented, and committed to hitting milestones on an aggressive multi-year roadmap.
- Must be able to articulate technical concepts clearly and concisely to leadership.
- Must have strong time management and multi-tasking skills.
- Develops policies, standards and guidelines for scripting/coding construction.
- Oversees efforts with key vendors to understand future application product plans in conjunction with IT leadership.
- In conjunction with the Director and/or Manager, coaches the team on personal development and develops training strategies and schedules.
- Initiates methods and approaches to meet defined business objectives. Resolves subtle complexities that often have significant implications for a program's overall success.
- Identify automation opportunities and implement scripted solutions.
- Lead efforts to identify technical innovation and process improvement opportunities.
- Provide feedback to operations regarding the design, implementation, and maintenance of monitoring and alerting processes relevant to Technology Infrastructure platforms.
- Provide exceptional customer service to CommonSpirit Health end users, Business Stakeholders and other members of CommonSpirit Health IT.
- Schedule and manage all performance tuning and troubleshooting efforts.
- Utilize standard tools and methodology to develop systems and support performance metrics.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge & expertise with CommonSpirit Health business processes and routines.
- Perform crisis management during high-severity operational incidents.
- Perform meeting facilitation for staff, operational support and project meetings. Act as the primary lead.
- Be available for potential onsite travel (20%) to assess facility readiness, assist with project pre-work tasks, perform network implementation work and oversee work being done by 3rd party implementation teams.
- May require on-call coverage responsibilities.
- Remote eligible.
The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
Bachelors Of Arts or Bachelors Of Science in Computer Science, Technology, or Business discipline
10 years of professional IT experience in an IT technical or infrastructure field, with healthcare industry experience - Preferred
7 years of experience in large complex project oversight - Required
10+ years of experience with Cisco Route Switch and Wireless infrastructure - Required
Experience with datacenter and MDF/IDF closet construction design (cabling, racks, power, cooling) - Required
Experience or understanding of Cisco Nexus platform - Required
7 years of experience with vendor management - Required
Experience with Cisco wireless, and strong understanding of wireless design and coverage - Required
7 years of experience with WAN \ System Design and Integration - Required
Where You'll Work
Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.
Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit https://www.commonspirit.careers/benefits.
Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.
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