Manager IT Engineering

Hybrid - 50% Remote with minimum 25% on-site with team in Rome GA and 25% on-site with team in Macon GA. Ideal candidate would live in/near Atlanta GA.

Pay Range:

• Provides leadership technical direction and development for the Network Engineering team responsible for enterprise routing switching wireless load balancing internet connectivity WAN SD-WAN and related infrastructure services.
• Develops and executes network strategies roadmaps standards and engineering practices to support organizational growth reliability and digital transformation initiatives.
• Balances operational stability with technology innovation by evaluating emerging technologies and recommending appropriate solutions.
• Partners with Enterprise Architecture Security Infrastructure Cloud and Application teams to design review and approve integrated technology solutions.
• Ensures network designs support high availability disaster recovery business continuity and regulatory requirements.
• Oversees operational performance service availability capacity planning monitoring maintenance and lifecycle management activities.
• Establishes and monitors performance metrics service level objectives and operational KPIs.
• Leads major incident response activities and root cause analysis efforts while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensures effective change management practices are followed to minimize risk and service disruption.
• Coordinates engineering resources project timelines budgets vendor activities and stakeholder communications.
• Provides status reporting risk identification mitigation planning and executive communications regarding project and operational activities.
• Establishes performance expectations career development plans and succession strategies.
• Supports recruitment hiring onboarding performance management and employee engagement initiatives.
• Promotes a culture of technical excellence accountability knowledge sharing and continuous learning. Ensures adherence to applicable organizational policies industry standards and healthcare regulations.

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or related field

Certifications

One or more of the following preferred:

• Cisco CCNP/CCDP or equivalent
• F5 Professional Certification

Work Experience

• 8 years of progressive experience in network engineering infrastructure engineering or related technical disciplines.
• 3 years of leadership supervisory or team lead experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise network environments with multiple locations and mission-critical systems.
• Experience leading infrastructure projects and cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Technical Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of LAN WAN WLAN data center cloud and internet technologies.
• Understanding of network monitoring automation Infrastructure as Code and observability tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise load balancing DNS DHCP and IP address management solutions.

Leadership and Business Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead highly technical teams while remaining engaged in engineering and architectural decision-making.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Strong project management budgeting vendor management and strategic planning capabilities.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting healthcare hospital or highly regulated environments.
• Experience with large-scale wireless campus data center or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Experience supporting environments with 24x7 operational requirements.

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g. full-time part-time per diem temporary etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.