Manager, Network Engineering - Hybrid

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Network Engineering leads the people, platforms, and operating practices that deliver secure, resilient, and scalable network services across Cedars-Sinai’s health system. The role sets technical direction and service priorities for network security and operations across the enterprise perimeter, remote access, campus and site LAN/WAN, data center, and wired and wireless environments. The manager partners with clinical, business, and technology stakeholders to align network capabilities with organizational goals and maintain reliable service in a 24x7 healthcare environment. This position oversees network engineering and operations staff, enterprise network architecture and lifecycle planning, and the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of network services and platforms. It provides operational oversight for incidents, changes, capacity, performance, service commitments, and continuous improvement; coordinates infrastructure projects and disaster recovery planning; and promotes compliance with organizational and healthcare privacy and security requirements. The position participates in applicable escalation or on-call rotations. The role is hybrid remote. The employee must currently live in the Los Angeles area or be willing to relocate there to meet onsite requirements.

Requirements

Seven years of progressive experience in network engineering, network security, architecture, or operations in a complex enterprise environment.
At least two years of management or formal supervisory experience in a network infrastructure environment, including responsibility for leading staff and/or network teams.
Experience supporting an enterprise environment with 10,000 or more end users.
Hands-on knowledge of enterprise LAN/WAN operations and technologies such as TCP/IP, routing, switching, QoS, wireless, network protocols, VPN, firewalls, remote access, and network monitoring and management tools.
Ability to lead cross-functional work, prioritize competing operational and project demands, communicate technical issues clearly, and guide incident analysis and resolution.
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
Active CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification.
Must currently live in the Los Angeles area or be willing to relocate to the LA area for onsite requirements.

Nice To Haves

Ten years of progressive network engineering or infrastructure experience, with five or more years in people leadership or formal management.
Experience in a regulated, 24x7 mission-critical environment.
Experience with multi-site network architecture, data center and cloud connectivity, software-defined LAN/WAN, Metro Ethernet, multicast, NAC, IDS/IPS, vulnerability testing, capacity planning, and disaster recovery.
Experience with network automation and configuration tools, and with service-level, availability, and operational performance metrics.
Additional relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, CISSP, and/or CCSP.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop network engineering and operations staff; set priorities, assign work, support performance and career development, and promote accountability for quality and service outcomes.
Own the network engineering roadmap, architecture standards, and lifecycle plans.
Evaluate new technologies and application requirements, guiding secure and supportable designs that meet availability, performance, scalability, and resiliency needs.
Oversee design, implementation, maintenance, and support of enterprise LAN/WAN, routing and switching, wireless, data center connectivity, remote access, network perimeter, firewalls, VPN, network access control, authentication, and monitoring platforms.
Guide network security and operational reviews; maintain standards, procedures, diagrams, and technical documentation; coordinate vulnerability and risk remediation with security partners.
Oversee incident and problem management, change control, capacity planning, performance monitoring, service-level commitments, and continuous improvement.
Lead escalations and root-cause reviews for significant network issues.
Plan and deliver network infrastructure projects with project managers, information security, clinical technology, facilities, application teams, vendors, and other stakeholders.
Communicate risks, dependencies, and service impacts in clear business terms.
Coordinate disaster recovery and service continuity planning and exercises for network services.
Support dependable 24x7 operations, including participation in applicable escalation or on-call rotations.
Manage team workload and technical resources; contribute to operating plans, vendor coordination, and service metrics; recommend investments to improve reliability, security, and supportability.
Promote compliance with organizational policies and healthcare privacy and security requirements, protecting sensitive information and coordinating with compliance and security teams.