Healthcare Network Engineer | Cisco/Fortinet & Security

Tyler Regional Hospital; Tyler (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Health seeks a Network Engineer to maintain stability, performance, and security of its network infrastructure. You will handle outages, deploy hardware, and troubleshoot complex problems for a healthcare network environment.

Responsibilities include monitoring, incident response, documentation, and collaboration with IT teams. Requires CCNA, 5+ years in IT, and travel up to 10% for deployments.

Qualifications

• Associates' degree in Information Systems / Computer Science or equivalent training.
• Active CCNA certification.
• 5+ years of IT experience, preferably in healthcare.
• 3+ years hands-on networking with Cisco and/or Fortinet.
• Experience configuring LAN infrastructures including STP, EtherChannel, Dot1Q, DHCP, DACLs.
• Experience troubleshooting WAN infrastructures, routing protocols, IP ACLs, leased circuits.
• Experience troubleshooting AAA and TACACS+.
• Experience designing basic IP schemes for branch locations.
• Experience troubleshooting basic 802.11 wireless issues.
• Experience configuring SNMP monitoring and logging.
• Strong ownership, documentation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Visio and Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Uses network monitoring tools to identify performance bottlenecks and outages.
• Responds to incidents, investigates root causes, and implements solutions.
• Collaborates with IT teams to resolve multi-component issues.
• Maintains network diagrams, configurations, and documentation.
• Troubleshoots LAN/WAN on Cisco, Meraki, and Fortinet platforms.
• Configures routing and switching across Cisco/Nexus/ Fortinet devices.
• Installs network hardware and activates leased WAN circuits.
• Participates in daily and project meetings and creates change scripts.
• Works with security teams to mitigate active threats.

Skills

CCNA

Network troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication skills

Ownership

Education

Associates' degree in Information Systems / Computer Science

Tools

Visio

Office applications

SNMP monitoring

Job description

Ardent Health seeks a Network Engineer to maintain stability, performance, and security of its network infrastructure. You will handle outages, deploy hardware, and troubleshoot complex problems for a healthcare network environment.

Responsibilities include monitoring, incident response, documentation, and collaboration with IT teams. Requires CCNA, 5+ years in IT, and travel up to 10% for deployments.