What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Manager position at CereCore?
Location: Onsite
Position Summary
The Network Manager is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and ongoing management of the health system’s network and data center virtual infrastructure to ensure secure, reliable, and high-performing connectivity for clinical and business operations. This position oversees a team of network engineers and technical staff, supporting data centers, virtualized infrastructure, wired and wireless networks, firewalls, and remote access solutions across all campuses.
Responsibilities
Position Summary
The Network Manager is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and ongoing management of the health system’s network and data center virtual infrastructure to ensure secure, reliable, and high-performing connectivity for clinical and business operations. This position oversees a team of network engineers and technical staff, supporting data centers, virtualized infrastructure, wired and wireless networks, firewalls, and remote access solutions across all campuses.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for the hospital’s network and data center virtual infrastructure, ensuring scalability, redundancy, and security to support 24/7 patient care operations.
- Manage, mentor, and develop network engineering staff to support wired, wireless, and remote access technologies.
- Oversee network and data center architecture design, implementation, and maintenance for LAN/WAN, firewalls, VPN, SD-WAN, virtualization, and storage networking across multiple data centers and campuses.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, PCI-DSS, Joint Commission standards, and cybersecurity best practices.
- Collaborate with IT leadership and clinical departments to align network and virtual infrastructure capabilities with hospital goals and technology roadmaps.
- Lead major network and data center modernization projects, including core switch upgrades, wireless refreshes, virtualization platform enhancements, and disaster recovery improvements.
- Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and budget planning for hardware, software, and services.
- Serve as an escalation point for critical network and virtual infrastructure issues to ensure minimal downtime for clinical operations.
- Develop and maintain network and virtualization policies, standards, and procedures for operational excellence.
- Participate in hospital committees related to cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and technology governance.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive IT/network and virtual infrastructure management experience.
- At least 5 years in a leadership role managing technology in a hospital or healthcare environment.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise virtualization platforms (VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V) and storage networking in a data center environment.
- Expertise in network architecture (LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, VPN, firewalls, SD-WAN) and virtualized infrastructure.
- Strong leadership, project management, and team development skills.
- Knowledge of HIPAA, NIST, and healthcare cybersecurity standards.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to partner with clinical and administrative leaders.
- Cisco CCNP/CCIE, Palo Alto PCNSE, or equivalent advanced certifications preferred.
- ITIL or PMP certification preferred.