Senior Network Engineering Manager

Advocate Health; Rome (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health seeks a seasoned Network Engineering leader to guide a team responsible for enterprise routing, switching, wireless, load balancing, WAN, and SD-WAN. You will develop strategies that balance reliability with innovative technology adoption, aligning with architecture, security, cloud, and application teams.

You will drive high availability, DR planning, and regulatory compliance while leading incident response, performance metrics, and ongoing improvement efforts across a

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience leading infrastructure projects and cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Healthcare industry experience 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.

Skills

Network leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Vendor management

Executive communication

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Monitoring tools

Observability tools

Automation tools

Job description

Advocate Health seeks a seasoned Network Engineering leader to guide a team responsible for enterprise routing, switching, wireless, load balancing, WAN, and SD-WAN. You will develop strategies that balance reliability with innovative technology adoption, aligning with architecture, security, cloud, and application teams.

You will drive high availability, DR planning, and regulatory compliance while leading incident response, performance metrics, and ongoing improvement efforts across a