Network Engineer

Hospital for Special Surgery • New York, NY

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About The Position

The Network Engineer supports day-to-day network operations and infrastructure projects within a hospital environment. The role maintains reliable, secure, and high-performing network services that support clinical applications, medical devices, staff, and hospital operations. The position involves hands-on work with switching, routing, firewalls, IP Address Management (IPAM), and wireless technologies, as well as troubleshooting and collaboration with other teams. This role supports a 24/7 hospital environment and may require participation in scheduled maintenance windows and after-hours support to maintain reliable network services.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in network engineering or network operations.
• Hands-on experience with switching, routing, firewalls, IPAM, and wireless networking.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, DHCP, DNS, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience with network monitoring, incident management, and change management.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting hospital, healthcare, or other mission-critical environments.
• Familiarity with Arista, Cisco, Palo Alto, Infoblox, or equivalent technologies.
• Arista networking experience.
• Knowledge of network security, segmentation, high availability, and healthcare IT requirements.
• Relevant networking certifications, such as CCNA or CCNP.

Responsibilities

• Support daily network operations, monitor network performance, and troubleshoot connectivity issues.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, and routing protocols.
• Manage IPAM, IP addressing, subnetting, DHCP, and DNS-related activities.
• Support enterprise wireless networks, access points, controllers, and wireless connectivity.
• Participate in network projects, infrastructure upgrades, migrations, deployments, and technology refreshes.
• Collaborate with IT, cybersecurity, clinical technology, biomedical engineering, and other teams to resolve issues and deliver projects.
• Follow change management, security, and documentation standards.
• Maintain network diagrams, configurations, and operational documentation.
• Support network availability and minimize disruptions to hospital and patient care operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed