Manager IT Engineering

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

Department:

12298 Enterprise Corporate - Network & Telecommunications Engineering

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou** rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Hybrid - 50% Remote with minimum 25% on-site with team in Rome, GA and 25% on-site with team in Macon, GA. Ideal candidate would live in/near Atlanta, GA.

Pay Range:

$63.45 - $95.20

Major 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.

Preferred Job Requirements

Educatio n

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field

Certifications

One or more of the following preferred:

• Cisco CCNP/CCDP or equivalent
• F5 Professional Certification

Work Experience

• 8+ years of progressive experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• 3+ years of leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise network environments with multiple locations and mission-critical systems.
• Experience leading infrastructure projects and cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Technical Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of LAN, WAN, WLAN, data center, cloud, and internet technologies.
• Understanding of network monitoring, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and observability tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise load balancing, DNS, DHCP, and IP address management solutions.

Leadership and Business Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead highly technical teams while remaining engaged in engineering and architectural decision-making.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Strong project management, budgeting, vendor management, and strategic planning capabilities.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting healthcare, hospital, or highly regulated environments.
• Experience with large-scale wireless, campus, data center, or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Experience supporting environments with 24x7 operational requirements.

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate’s job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.