What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Network Engineer - Juniper Mist & Cisco Switching position at Xtensys?
Who We Are
Xtensys is a rapidly growing managed service provider delivering innovative technology solutions to health systems, beginning in New York and expanding nationwide. Owned by two industry leaders with a strong focus on advancing rural and community healthcare, Xtensys is executing several major initiatives and scaling quickly. With a team of more than 500 professionals, we are building a people-centered culture rooted in collaboration, innovation, and strategic thinking.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer – Juniper Mist & Cisco Switching who thrives in complex environments and takes ownership of designing, optimizing, and supporting modern network infrastructure.
Why Join Us?
Technical Savvy: Solid understanding of network security best practices, including segmentation, access controls, and secure network configurations
Communication: Strong ability to communicate complex network concepts and issues clearly to both technical and non technical audiences, ensuring alignment, transparency, and timely decision making.
Travel Requirements: Up to 5 %
Physical Readiness: Capability for sedentary work, including sitting for long periods and occasionally exerting up to 10 pounds of force.
Xtensys is a rapidly growing managed service provider delivering innovative technology solutions to health systems, beginning in New York and expanding nationwide. Owned by two industry leaders with a strong focus on advancing rural and community healthcare, Xtensys is executing several major initiatives and scaling quickly. With a team of more than 500 professionals, we are building a people-centered culture rooted in collaboration, innovation, and strategic thinking.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer – Juniper Mist & Cisco Switching who thrives in complex environments and takes ownership of designing, optimizing, and supporting modern network infrastructure.
Why Join Us?
- MissionDriven Work: You are the "bridge" ensuring technology serves health systems and their patients when they need it most.
- Autonomy & Ownership: We trust you. You’ll lead projects, define success, and manage complexities with total support.
- A Culture of Innovation: Have a fresh perspective? We want it. We encourage risktaking and continuous improvement.
- Continuous Growth: We fuel your "restless curiosity" with opportunities to expand your skillset and mentor others.
- This role combines hands on expertise in Juniper Mist switching and wireless solutions with deep experience in Cisco switching technologies to drive performance, reliability, and scalability across the enterprise.
- Experience documenting network architecture, configurations, and standard operating procedures to support operational excellence.
- Design, implement, and maintain a highly available, secure, and high performing enterprise network infrastructure.
- Lead the design, deployment, and ongoing management of network environments leveraging Juniper Mist switching and wireless solutions.
- Configure, support, and troubleshoot Cisco switching environments to ensure reliability and scalability.
- Proactively monitor network performance, quickly identifying and resolving issues to maximize uptime and user experience.
- Partner with cross functional IT teams to support network integrations, upgrades, and infrastructure initiatives.
- Apply network security best practices while ensuring compliance with organizational standards and policies.
- Perform regular network assessments, identify gaps, and recommend enhancements to improve performance and resiliency.
- Maintain clear and accurate documentation of network configurations, processes, and procedures.
- Provide technical guidance, support, and occasional training to IT teams and end users.
- Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve the network environment.
- Five years’ proven experience with Juniper Mist & Cisco switching and wireless platforms.
- Previous Managed Service Provider (MSP) experience is a plus.
- Strong working knowledge of Cisco switching technologies and protocols.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts including VLANs, routing, switching, and wireless networking.
- Experience with network monitoring and management tools.
- Strong ability to troubleshoot complex network issues efficiently.
- Demonstrated experience configuring, supporting, and maintaining enterprise level network infrastructure in high availability, mission critical environments
- Proven ability to partner with cross functional teams to support network deployments, system upgrades, issue resolution, and ongoing performance optimization
Technical Savvy: Solid understanding of network security best practices, including segmentation, access controls, and secure network configurations
Communication: Strong ability to communicate complex network concepts and issues clearly to both technical and non technical audiences, ensuring alignment, transparency, and timely decision making.
Travel Requirements: Up to 5 %
Physical Readiness: Capability for sedentary work, including sitting for long periods and occasionally exerting up to 10 pounds of force.
Salary : $95,000 - $135,000