Sr. Network Architect

Company: JPS Health Network
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

JPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax-supported health care system for Tarrant County in North Texas. Licensed for 578 beds, the network includes an acute care hospital andmore than 40 community-based clinics, including19 school-based clinics. John Peter Smith Hospital is home to Tarrant County's first and only Level 1 Trauma Center, its only psychiatric emergency services site and has the largest hospital-based family medicine residency program in the nation. Our network employs more than 6,500 people.

Acclaim is our multispecialty medical practice group. Acclaim has over 300 providers serving the JPS Health Network in specialties ranging from primary care to general surgery and trauma. The Acclaim group has been formed around a common set of incentives and expectations supporting the operational, financial and clinical performance

outcomes of the network. Our goal is to provide high quality, compassionate clinical care for every patient, every time.

For more information, visit www.jpshealthnet.org.

To view all job vacancies, visitwww.jobs.jpshealthnet.org/ or www.teamacclaim.org.

Job Description:

Description: The Senior Network Architect is responsible for designing computer networks, including local area networks (LAN), wide area network (WAN), the internet, intranet and other data communications systems. Creates, tests and evaluates networks.

Typical Duties:

* Analyze business requirements to develop technical network solutions and their framework.
* Design, test and inspect data communications systems.
* Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning.
* Install hardware such as cables, switches, routers and wireless access points.
* Develop technology roadmaps.
* Configure network drivers for software.
* Analyze, engineer and execute software functions.
* Develop test plans, implementation plans and project timelines for various projects.
* Manage technology vendors.
* Stay abreast of how technology infrastructure are currently impacting and driving competitors.
* Determine production direction.
* Write functional requirements/specifications documents.
* Assess vendor development/test strategies.
* Perform network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose network problems.
* Upgrade network hardware and software components as required.
* Solve complex problems with many variables.

Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience:
* Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university
* 5-10 years working with information technology systems
* 2+ years in Network design
* 2+ years experience with routers and switch design and support
* Palo Alto Experience a plus
* Experience in deploying ACI
* BGP and OSPF Rouing proficiency
Required Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training:
* CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional)
* CCAr (Cisco Certified Architect)
Preferred Education and Experience:
* Master degree in Computer Science from an accredited college or university
* 5+ years systems design experience
* 5+ years experience managing and troubleshoot network issues
* 5+ years experience with routers and switch design and support

Location Address:

1400 S. Main Street

Fort Worth, Texas, 76104

United States

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