Network Engineer II
Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc.

Work Shift/Schedule:
Varies

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

Job Summary

Serves the organization, patients, and other customers by providing a wide range of computer related technical services. As a member of the Technical Services Team, the job is responsible for architecture and the management of critical clinical infrastructure in a wired/wireless environment. Provide infrastructure engineering services including: F5 and Citrix load balancing, Windows/Linux/AIX operating systems; application, system and network security; and Tier 3 data center operations. Conducts research on emerging technologies and recommends technologies that increase infrastructure flexibility and resiliency. Manages and maintains QoS to enable Avaya VoIP and Polycom Video across wired and wireless infrastructure. Knowledge managing/maintaining troubleshooting Juniper and Aruba network equipment including switching/routing, RF engineering, LAN/WAN/MAN management and design. Strong knowledge of the OSI model to troubleshoot issues from physical to application layer. Disaster recovery planning and testing for highly available infrastructure. Project management experience and mentoring staff to achieve desired outcomes in support of a 24x7 critical patient care environment.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications:
  
• Educational Requirements: High School Diploma or GED. Four (4) year degree in Computer Science or related field. Experience in similar environments will be considered.
  
• Minimum Experience: Five (5) to nine (9) years experience supporting critical infrastructure in a highly available 24x7 environment.
  
• Other:
  

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:
  
• Preferred Educational Requirements:
  
• Preferred Experience:
  
• Other:
  

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Design, document, implement and troubleshoot critical LAN/WAN/MAN infrastructure supporting patient care in a 24x7 environment to maintain a 99.99 availability metric
  
• Extensive knowledge managing/supporting and troubleshooting QoS with Avaya VoIP and Polycom Video infrastructures including Juniper and Aruba wired and wireless
  
• Experience utilizing various packet sniffing technologies in a wired and wireless infrastructure to assist in troubleshooting client/server, routing, and application related issues
  
• Experience managing and configuring F5 and Citrix load balancing infrastructure. Extensive knowledge managing and maintain Cisco and Juniper based VPN technologies for site to site and remote access
  
• Manage and maintain security infrastructure including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS sensors and assessing and mitigating security threats and risks. Develops and maintains disaster recovery processes and procedures
  

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Juniper switching and routing experience in a LAN/WAN/MAN environment including capacity planning and architecture.
  
• Management of Aruba wireless infrastructure including VoIP troubleshooting, client server analysis and RF spectrum analysis.
  
• Strong analytical skills to support network analysis tools including Sniffer, Wireshark, Fluke/Clearsight with extensive packet analysis knowledge to troubleshoot client/server, DNS, DHCP, routing and various application issues.
  
• Develop and contribute to evolving network processes/procedures to support evolving ITIL and other best practice standards.
  
• Strong knowledge of OSI model to support VLANs, Spanning tree, routing, load balancing and others from layers 1 to 7.
  
• Ability to document network architecture at various layers utilizing Visio for disaster recovery and third party audits.
  
• Experience managing and configuring F5 and Citrix load balancing infrastructure. Extensive knowledge managing and maintain Cisco and Juniper based VPN technologies for site to site and remote access.
  
• Project management experience and mentoring staff to achieve desired outcomes in a 24x7 clinical environment.
  
• Documents procedures for technical areas, provides cross training to team members to ensure repeatable and consistent process are replicated throughout the technical team.
  
• Coordinates appropriate internal and external resources to deliver high quality technical service delivery, minimizing risks to technical infrastructure and patient care.
  
• Demonstrates the ability to learn new technologies and technical skills quickly and effectively.
  
• Demonstrates financial responsibility and accountability by providing operational and capital costs during budget cycle to technical leadership.
  
• Develops, documents, implements and maintains network security infrastructure including firewalls, IDS/IPS sensors and performs security audits utilizing industry standard best practices.
  

Physical Demands

• Weight Lifted: Up to 50 lbs, Frequently 31-65% of time
  
• Weight Carried: Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
  
• Vision: Heavy, Frequently 31-65% of time
  
• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Frequently 31-65%
  
• Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65%
  
• Pushing/Pulling: Frequently 31-65%
  
• Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65%
  
• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Fingering, Driving
  

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.

NGHS: Opportunities start here.

Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.

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