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Posted: 24-Apr-22
Location: Washington,
Salary: Open
Categories:
Operations
Responsibilities
The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital) is a 395-bed tertiary care, academic medical center located in downtown Washington, DC, next to the Foggy Bottom metro. GW Hospital serves a diverse group of patients -- from local residents to our nation's leaders. As an academic medical center, GW Hospital has the resources and clinical expertise necessary to provide specialized, complex care. This expertise includes cardiac, cancer, neurosciences, women's health, trauma, and advanced surgery including robotic and minimally invasive surgery.
GW Hospital is jointly owned and operated by George Washington University and a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the nation's largest healthcare management companies. The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), adjacent to the hospital, is the 11th oldest medical center in the country and the first in the nation's capital.
The mission of GW Hospital is to provide the highest quality healthcare, advanced medical technology, and world-class service to its patients in an academic medical center dedicated to education and research.
POSITION SUMMARY
The George Washington University Hospital, maintains a multi campus environment which requires high performance and complex network infrastructure to maintain its clinical and non-clinical applications on a 24x7 basis. This position is a member of a team that designs, implements, maintains, and manages GWUH's network infrastructure. This position is a member of a team that supports WAN, LAN, WLAN, VPN, and network security and access. This position strives to ensure a reliable, secure and cost effective IT network infrastructure, with reliable connectivity, secure access to network and its resources, , and data storage for all authorized users and devices. This position will perform in collaboration with the team and independently, participates as technical expert in design, development, configuration, testing and debugging of new network hardware/software or significant enhancements to existing network hardware/software. Participates in the strategic implementation and design of tools and systems vital to the operation of the hospital
Qualifications
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of work experience and proficiency with administration and troubleshooting of a complex multi-campus network.
- 5+ years of IT experience, including specific experience supporting software defined network architectures
- Experience in a mid-size to large hospital environment preferred.Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification
- Cisco CCIE certificate is highly preferred
- Network security and cybersecurity certifications are highly preferred
- Hands-on experience with network routing protocols like EIGRP, BGP & OSPF; and switching technologies like Spanning Tree, EtherChannel, Port Security, and 802.1X, etc.
- Experience in system monitoring technologies i.e. SNMP (i.e. SolarWinds, etc.) to proactively monitor infrastructure environments
- Experience with application Citrix load-balancing and Citrix Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
- Strong Python programing capabilities, Ansible experience preferred
- Basic network capabilities (DHCP, ARP, DNS, VLANs etc.); VXLAN and EVPN experience strongly preferred
- Experience with Cisco Nexus and other routers/switches is required
- 802.1x knowledge and experience preferred
- Experience with network monitoring systems such as Solaris is required
- Advanced knowledge of network infrastructure components, including Citrix & Netmotion VPN, Cisco networking products, and various standard routing protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, etc.)
- Advanced technical knowledge of networking and security, such as routing, and SFTP
- Familiarity with Spine & Leaf architecture
- Experience with Cisco DNA, ACI, APIC server, ISE, VPC, VDC
- Familiar with network security principles and standards
- Knowledge of Citrix application load balancing, QoS, VoIP solutions
- Knowledge of transmission mediums such as cloud-based Wi-Fi systems, Transparent LAN Services (TLS), fiber optics
- Experience supporting and maintaining local and wide area networks, including ensuring system availability, securing the network from external threats, and maintaining network servers.
Ability to excel in a fast paced environment with changing priorities.
Strong customer service skills.
Must have strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
Demonstrated ability to engage in senior level technology discussion.
Ability for abstract reasoning and a talent for explaining the abstractions in concrete terms.
Detail oriented, good communication skills, demonstrated ability to meet project deadlines, and excellent customer service skills.
Ability to persuasively present recommendations and project plans orally and written.
Ability to recognize, analyze, and resolve network problems.
This opportunity offers the following:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Growth and Development Opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
- Competitive Compensation
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
- 401k plan with company match
One of the nation's largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Steadily growing from a startup to an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, UHS today has annual revenue nearing $10 billion. In 2017, UHS was recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; ranked #276 on the Fortune 500, and listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America's Top 500 Public Companies.
Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was 40 years ago: Build or acquire high quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, invest in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive, and become the leading healthcare provider in each community we serve.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 81,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates more than 320 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom.
*UHS is a registered trademark of UHS of Delaware, Inc., the management company for Universal Health Services, Inc. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. Universal Health Services, Inc. is a holding company and operates through its subsidiaries including its management company, UHS of Delaware, Inc. All healthcare and management operations are conducted by subsidiaries of Universal Health Services, Inc. To the extent any reference to "UHS or UHS facilities" on this website including any statements, articles or other publications contained herein relates to our healthcare or management operations it is referring to Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Further, the terms "we," "us," "our" or "the company" in such context similarly refer to the operations of Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Any employment referenced in this website is not with Universal Health Services, Inc. but solely with one of its subsidiaries including but not limited to UHS of Delaware, Inc.
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EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
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