Manager, Network Engineering

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Manager, Network Engineering manages a team that performs installation, configuration, design, architecture, maintenance, and support of standard hardware/software networking technologies. Includes managing all aspects of design, configuration, implementation and support of local and wide-area networks, internet, broadband, wireless, and other telecommunications media to ensure the safe, secure, reliable, and efficient transmission of corporate data compatible with system capabilities and existing technologies and services.

This position is hybrid.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Manager, Network Engineering at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Assigns network engineering personnel to ensure timely and accurate service and technical support to the network.
• Ensures timely response to team member emergencies and outages during working hours and on an on-call basis to provide optimal service levels.
• Develops network plans and designs and implements new or modified LAN/WAN/MAN/WLAN to ensure effective business solutions.
• Conducts network systems analysis according to the standards and methodology consistent with technical requirements and to ensure proper analysis and documentation of network capabilities.
• Selects and hires team members. Trains and evaluates team members to enhance their performance, development, and work product. Addresses performance issues and makes recommendations for personnel actions. Motivates and rewards employees including providing salary increases, bonuses and promotions within allocated budgets and company guidelines.
• Prepares and recommends operating and personnel budgets for approval.
• Monitors spending for adherence to budget, recommends variances as necessary.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, IT or other related IT/health field.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in a technical multi-discipline management.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in technical leadership, preferably within healthcare.
• Ability to foster teamwork while leading and directing the work of others.
• Demonstrated knowledge of IT service management.
• Requires leadership skills, judgment, creativity, and comprehensive knowledge of the field.
• Ability to manage problems and build collaborative relationships.
• Ability to drive strategic direction.
• Proven maturity and strength in team leadership, team building, communication, coaching, and providing timely essential feedback to others.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively address problems and situations.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Master's degree in Business Management, IT or other related IT/health field.

Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

• ITIL V3.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Starting Minimum Rate

Minimum rate of $183,664.00 Annually

Job Posting Disclosure

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to: Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness. Experience: Years of relevant work experience. Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training. Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies. Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location. Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization. Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered. Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts. In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.