Senior Network Architect – Hybrid Healthcare IT

Baptist Health; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Montgomery, AL seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise network solutions across the health system, ensuring availability, security, and scalability to support patient care delivery.

The role partners with clinical, security, and IT teams to translate care delivery requirements into robust network designs, with hands-on responsibilities and leadership across infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Experience with Cisco routing, switching, wireless, data center, and SD-Access.
• Experience with BGP, OSPF, multicast, QoS, high availability design and network segmentation.
• Experience with next generation firewalls.
• Experience with network automation using Python and Ansible.
• At least 3 years’ hospital or integrated health system experience preferred.
• Experience with cloud networking and hybrid connectivity preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise network solutions.
• Lead major infrastructure initiatives and ensure high availability.
• Collaborate with clinical, security, and IT teams to translate care delivery requirements into network solutions.
• Serve as highest operational escalation point.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead cross-functional teams.

Skills

Cisco routing

Cisco switching

Wireless networking

Data center

SD-Access

BGP

OSPF

Multicast

QoS

High availability

Network automation

Python

Ansible

Catalyst Center APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Python

Ansible

Catalyst Center

Job description

Baptist Health in Montgomery, AL seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise network solutions across the health system, ensuring availability, security, and scalability to support patient care delivery.

The role partners with clinical, security, and IT teams to translate care delivery requirements into robust network designs, with hands-on responsibilities and leadership across infrastructure initiatives.