Manager - Network Engineering

Strategic Network And Telecommunications Leadership

We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more in our careers and in our communities.

Provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and technical direction for the enterprise network and telecommunications infrastructure supporting a large, multi-hospital healthcare system. Leads a team of network and telecommunications engineers responsible for the planning, design, implementation, project management, and lifecycle management of complex network, voice, wireless, and telecommunications solutions across 200+ ambulatory, administrative, and clinical locations, including 16 hospitals. This includes support for newly constructed facilities, growth initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and infrastructure modernization efforts. Establishes strategic technology direction for enterprise connectivity, network services, telecommunications platforms, and associated operational processes to ensure high levels of availability, performance, security, scalability, and recoverability. Evaluates emerging technologies, develops long-term infrastructure roadmaps, and oversees the delivery of complex, multi-year initiatives that directly support patient care, clinical operations, and business objectives. Provides leadership for architecture governance, vendor management, capital planning, budgeting, project portfolio management, and IT service management processes. Partners closely with clinical, operational, and Information Services leadership to align technology investments with organizational priorities. Drives operational excellence through continuous process improvement, automation, AI-enabled tools, and adherence to industry and healthcare technology best practices. This is a hybrid position in Columbus, OH.

Responsibilities And Duties:

• Determines strategic direction of enterprise desktop, server, storage, data management, database technologies, and/or data center operations in conjunction with other Information Services leadership in support of OhioHealth corporate goals.
• Reviews and evaluates client requests for new projects, production support, and new or updated software or hardware. Determines technical requirements and coordinates schedules and related departmental activities related to implementation of such requests.
• Establishes capacity, performance, availability, and recoverability requirements for strategic and departmental projects.
• Coordinates and evaluates work of technical staff and prepares performance reviews. Projects long-range staffing and budget requirements.
• Establishes effective infrastructure policies and procedures. Establish service offerings.
• Establishes and reviews capacity, availability, service continuity, change, and/or configuration management processes and procedures. Evaluates, proposes, and implements new technologies and processes to improve process maturity.
• Assures that enterprise infrastructure is well understood and documented.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree OR Equivalent Experience
• Field of Study: Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Years of experience: 10+ years in Information Technology demonstrating increased responsibilities

Work Shift:

Day

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40

Department

IT Operations Administration

Join us!... if your passion is to work in a caring environment... if you believe that learning is a life-long process... if you strive for excellence and want to be among the best in the healthcare industry

Equal Employment Opportunity

OhioHealth is an equal opportunity employer and fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations. OhioHealth does not discriminate against associates or applicants because of race, color, genetic information, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, military status, pregnancy, disability, marital status, familial status, or other characteristics protected by law. Equal employment is extended to all person in all aspects of the associate-employer relationship including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, reduction in staff, termination, assignment of benefits, and any other term or condition of employment