Essential Job Duties:
Strategic Planning and Design: Develop and implement network strategies that align with business goals, ensuring scalability, resilience, and future growth.
Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and leadership to junior architects, engineers, and other team members.
Network Implementation: Oversee the implementation of network solutions, ensuring they meet performance, security, and compliance requirements.
Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot complex network issues, identify and remediate performance bottlenecks, and ensure optimal network performance.
Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with various teams, including IT, business, and vendors, to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Documentation and Reporting: Maintain detailed documentation of network designs, configurations, and performance metrics.
Stay Current: Keep abreast of the latest network technologies and industry trends.
Secondary Job Duties:
Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Location -- Onsite
Education -- Bachelor's degree in computer science, networking, engineering, or a related field or an equivalent amount of hands-on experience.
Experience -- Minimum of 5 years of IT infrastructure experience with a bachelor’s degree in a related field, or
-- Minimum of 8 years of IT infrastructure experience without a degree.
Skills--
Enterprise & Datacenter Networking
Hands‑on experience designing and supporting large‑scale enterprise and datacenter networks.
Strong understanding of high‑availability design, redundancy models, and fault‑tolerant architectures.
Cisco & Fortinet Networking & Security
Strong hands‑on experience with Cisco and Fortinet switches, routers, firewalls, wireless LAN controllers, and access points in enterprise environments.
Advanced Routing & WAN Technologies
In‑depth knowledge of BGP, dynamic routing protocols, SD‑WAN architectures, and multi‑path WAN designs.
Network Security & Access Control
Strong security mindset with experience implementing 802.1X, AAA (RADIUS/TACACS+), and secure access models.
Understanding of Zero Trust principles as applied to enterprise networking.
Network Monitoring & Visibility
Experience with enterprise network monitoring platforms such as Zabbix or similar tools.
Ability to design actionable alerts, dashboards, and performance metrics.
Network Automation & Configuration Control
Experience automating network configuration deployment, standardization, and backups.
Familiarity with automation tools or scripting (e.g., Ansible, Python, REST APIs, or vendor automation frameworks).
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible
Patching, Vulnerability & Risk Management
Proven experience managing network device patching, firmware upgrades, and vulnerability remediation.
Troubleshooting & Problem Solving
Expert‑level ability to troubleshoot complex routing, switching, wireless, and firewall issues.
Documentation & Communication
Strong documentation skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Certifications (Preferred)
Cisco (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE), Fortinet (NSE 4–8), or equivalent enterprise networking and security certifications.
Reports to:IS Manager, Infrastructure Services
SupervisesNone specified
Job Specifications:
This is an onsite position.
Skills
Ideal candidates should possess the below skills:
Enterprise & Datacenter Networking
Hands‑on experience designing and supporting large‑scale enterprise and datacenter networks.
Strong understanding of high‑availability design, redundancy models, and fault‑tolerant architectures.
Cisco & Fortinet Networking & Security
Strong hands‑on experience with Cisco and Fortinet switches, routers, firewalls, wireless LAN controllers, and access points in enterprise environments.
Advanced Routing & WAN Technologies
In‑depth knowledge of BGP, dynamic routing protocols, SD‑WAN architectures, and multi‑path WAN designs.
Network Security & Access Control
Strong security mindset with experience implementing 802.1X, AAA (RADIUS/TACACS+), and secure access models.
Understanding of Zero Trust principles as applied to enterprise networking.
Network Monitoring & Visibility
Experience with enterprise network monitoring platforms such as Zabbix or similar tools.
Ability to design actionable alerts, dashboards, and performance metrics.
Network Automation & Configuration Control
Experience automating network configuration deployment, standardization, and backups.
Familiarity with automation tools or scripting (e.g., Ansible, Python, REST APIs, or vendor automation frameworks).
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible
Patching, Vulnerability & Risk Management
Proven experience managing network device patching, firmware upgrades, and vulnerability remediation.
Troubleshooting & Problem Solving
Expert‑level ability to troubleshoot complex routing, switching, wireless, and firewall issues.
Documentation & Communication
Strong documentation skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Why Choose Good Samaritan?
For more than 115 years, Good Samaritan has been dedicated to not only providing trusted, industry-leading health care, but to fill a vital role in southwest Indiana and southwest Illinois. Our hospital continues to adhere to the compassionate principles our facility was founded on and further our commitments to our patients, our staff, and the communities we serve. Good Samaritan is well recognized for its commitment to excellence as a 4-time designated Magnet® facility, TJC Primary Stroke Center, and a Level III Trauma Center.
We would love to welcome you to our Good Samaritan family.
For more than 100 years, Good Samaritan has been a health care leader in southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois. Located in historic Vincennes, Good Samaritan is a 158-bed community health care facility with over 1,800 employees and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient care.
Good Samaritan offers a broad range of medical services as well as some of the most progressive technology available today. The Gibault Memorial Tower, opened in 2015, provides our patients, their families and our entire community an environment where the highest quality of care is provided. An array of services and staff are ready to greet patients with medical expertise, cutting-edge technology and big hearts. The tower has five floors, each with a focus: Cardiology and Clinical Decision, Intensive Care, Pediatrics and Medical Surgery, Joint Replacement and Medical Surgery, and Women’s Health and Oncology.
The hospital also has a state-of-the-art Same Day Surgery Center, with surgical suites designed with input from the hospital’s physicians.
The Cancer Pavilion is a 25,000-square-foot comprehensive oncology care center, featuring one of the most advanced methods for delivering radiation therapy, a linear accelerator with IMRT. The Pavilion also has 12 fully equipped infusion suites and other amenities for patients and families.
Good Samaritan is proud that generations of families have chosen us as their preferred health-care provider, allowing us to be the first, best place in health care.
Mission: Provide excellent health care by promoting wellness, education and healing through trusting relationships.
Vision: To be the regional center of excellence in health care to support the communities we serve.
Our Promise: We promise to treat you like family by delivering compassionate, high-quality care throughout your journey.
PRIDE Values
Patient | Respect | Integrity | Dignity | Excellence
