Hybrid Remote Network Engineering Lead

Advocate Health; Macon (GA); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Educational assistance

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a seasoned Network & Telecommunications Engineering Leader to direct a team responsible for enterprise routing, switching, wireless, WAN, SD-WAN, and related infrastructure across multiple sites in GA. The role emphasizes balancing stability with innovation while aligning with architectural and security standards.

The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor’s in IT or related field, 8+ years in network engineering, 3+ years in leadership, and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• 3+ years of leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Cisco CCNP/CCDP or equivalent preferred.
• F5 Professional Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, technical direction, and development for the Network Engineering team responsible for enterprise routing, switching, wireless, load balancing, internet connectivity, WAN, SD-WAN, and related infrastructure services.
• Develops and executes network strategies, roadmaps, standards, and engineering practices to support organizational growth, reliability, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Balances operational stability with technology innovation by evaluating emerging technologies and recommending appropriate solutions.
• Partners with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to design, review, and approve integrated technology solutions.
• Ensures network designs support high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversees operational performance, service availability, capacity planning, monitoring, maintenance, and lifecycle management activities.
• Establishes and monitors performance metrics, service level objectives, and operational KPIs.
• Leads major incident response activities and root cause analysis efforts while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensures effective change management practices are followed to minimize risk and service disruption.
• Coordinates engineering resources, project timelines, budgets, vendor activities, and stakeholder communications.
• Provides status reporting, risk identification, mitigation planning, and executive communications regarding project and operational activities.
• Establishes performance expectations, career development plans, and succession strategies.
• Supports recruitment, hiring, onboarding, performance management, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Promotes a culture of technical excellence, accountability, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning. Ensures adherence to applicable organizational policies, industry standards, and healthcare regulations.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Analytical problem solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field

Tools

LAN/WAN/WLAN

Network monitoring

Infrastructure as Code

DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a seasoned Network & Telecommunications Engineering Leader to direct a team responsible for enterprise routing, switching, wireless, WAN, SD-WAN, and related infrastructure across multiple sites in GA. The role emphasizes balancing stability with innovation while aligning with architectural and security standards.

The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor’s in IT or related field, 8+ years in network engineering, 3+ years in leadership, and relevant certifications.