Network Manager

Southeast Georgia Health System • Brunswick, GA

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About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 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.
• Cisco CCNP/CCIE, Palo Alto PCNSE, or equivalent advanced certifications preferred.
• ITIL or PMP certification preferred.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the hospital's network and data center virtual infrastructure.
• Manage, mentor, and develop network engineering staff.
• Oversee network and data center architecture design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, PCI-DSS, Joint Commission standards, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Collaborate with IT leadership and clinical departments to align network capabilities with hospital goals.
• Lead major network and data center modernization projects.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and budget planning.
• Serve as an escalation point for critical network and virtual infrastructure issues.
• Develop and maintain network and virtualization policies, standards, and procedures.
• Participate in hospital committees related to cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and technology governance.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree