Senior Network Engineer

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health's mission: Advocate, Care, Teach and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County; models Eskenazi Health values
• Serves as a technical resource and ensures proper operations with regard to network architecture, planning, implementation, maintenance and problem resolution for all data resources within Eskenazi Health; defines, maintains and applies best practices for data resources
• Performs systems and/or network designs as requested or required
• Participates in planning, implementation, maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting of all data resources
• Prepares and delivers written and oral training presentations to personnel at all organizational levels as required to explain functionality of data resources
• Examines and monitors all data resources to determine whether the business needs of the institution are being met, and plans or recommends system changes/expansion based on this information; prepares reports on utilization and performance of all systems, networks and data resources
• Develops systems, networks or data resource upgrade pathways
• Creates and maintains all system, network or data resource documentation; responsible for day-to-day operational activities of all systems, networks and data resources; serves as primary technical resource and contact for security and access standards for requisite assigned engineering areas
• Maintains daily logs concerning any variations of systems, networks and data resources
• Communicates with other Information Services staff and management regarding all technical aspects of data resources
• Works with peer organizations as technical expert on interoperation of all applicable data resources
• Works with technical vendor resources to achieve assigned goals regarding all engineering aspects of data resources
• Participates as member of Tier III in 7x24 after hours on call rotation
• Ensures planning, timely execution and proper resourcing of all project level work as assigned, including acting in a project manager capacity for medium to large technical projects
• Consistently demonstrates strong ability to multi-task

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or a minimum of seven years varied/related experience in a hospital or large institution data processing environment may be accepted in lieu of educational requirements
• Expert-level knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, VLAN, STP, HSRP/VRRP, MPLS).
• Hands-on experience with Layer 2 extension technologies such as VXLAN, OTV, and EVPN in a production environment.
• Strong experience with Cisco ISE: design, deployment, and ongoing administration.
• CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent Cisco certifications preferred.
• Experience with network automation (Python, Ansible) is a plus.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to lead projects and cross-functional initiatives.