What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Network Architect position at HHC?
Division:Eskenazi Health
Sub-Division: Hospital
Req ID: 16393
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Days
Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 327-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus as well as at 10 Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.
FLSA Status
Exempt
Job Role Summary
The Enterprise Network Architect is responsible for providing expertise, guidance and leadership regarding administration, optimization, support and problem resolution for the organizations complex enterprise WAN and LAN. The successful Enterprise Network Architect demonstrates passion for technology by consistently educating on industry practices, as well as continuing his/her education to possess knowledge of the most recent technology releases, enhancements and challenges, applying knowledge and best practices to predict and prevent system failures. This position performs detailed configuration and methodology reviews, ensure delivery of the highest quality solutions, contributing to the successful accomplishment of the primary mission and continued success of Eskenazi Health. This position works closely with Leadership to support Engineers’ efforts to implement and deliver architected solutions which meet detailed needs and requirements intended to satisfy documented, and or perceived, business needs.
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 the foremost expert on the organization’s complex network demonstrating the ability to design, deploy, and maintain stable, high-performing and secure networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN)
- Drives architecture planning, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring of all networking components, including providing recommendations and pathways to improve network design and function, continuing to ensure sustainable growth through futureproofing
- Defines, maintains and applies best practices for networking resources, including documenting roadmaps that factor in EoL (End of Life) replacements, topology design changes, technology changes (additions / removals / replacements)
- Collaborates with other infrastructure teams on technology designs and implementation (some examples that must be considered in network design at Eskenazi are: Citrix, Fiber-channel-over-IP, Cisco UCS, VOIP, and more)
- Serves as a technical lead to ensures proper operations with regard to network architecture, including incident and problem resolution for all organizational networking resources
- Creates and maintains complex networking diagrams, technical documentations’, and job aides for supporting staff
- Provides technical leadership while leading projects, mentoring engineers, coordinating changes, and troubleshooting
- Utilizes lab simulation tools to vet configuration changes and new design elements to assess risk and impact
- Prepares and delivers written and oral training presentations to personnel at all organizational levels as required to explain functionality of networking resources
- Examines and monitors all networking 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 networking resources
- Communicates with other Information Services staff and management regarding all technical aspects of networking resources and actively participates in process improvement efforts
- 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 a related engineering field, or the equivalent in other experience and/or certification
- CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure (preferred) certification or a combination of a CCNP Enterprise certification with successful completion of some of the CCIE courses required
- ITIL/ITSM certification, or demonstrated expertise in ITIL practices
- At least 10 years of experience architecting and managing complex networking in a healthcare organization, or organization with similar mission, function and size
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named one of the nation’s 150 best places to work by Becker’s Hospital Review for four consecutive years and Forbes list of best places to work for women, and Forbes list of America’s best midsize employers’ Eskenazi Health’s programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city’s primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana, the first community mental health center in Indiana and the Eskenazi Health Center Primary Care – Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, just to name a few.
Salary : $101,000 - $128,000
