[Hiring] Senior Manager Network Engineering @Providence

Role Description

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Enterprise Information Services and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Ready to lead the evolution of reliable, high-impact network infrastructure that directly supports life-saving care? As a Senior Manager in Network Engineering, you'll dive in early—collaborating tightly with developers, testers, program managers, and cross-functional IS, non-IS, and clinical partners—to architect, optimize, and continuously improve large-scale, mission-critical services.

• Combine deep technical mastery with strategic vision.
• Navigate ambiguity to define network strategy.
• Coach and empower a high-performing team.
• Instill a modern, service-oriented mindset focused on automation, resilience, and excellence.
• Deliver scalable, secure, data-driven solutions that prioritize performance, cost-efficiency, and an exceptional caregiver experience.

If you're passionate about solving complex technical challenges, driving operational rigor, fostering inclusive teams, leveraging metrics for smarter decisions, and translating engineering impact into better patient outcomes—this is your opportunity to make a transformative difference in healthcare technology.

Providence supports 100% virtual work for residents located in the following areas:

• Alaska
• Washington
• Oregon
• Montana
• California
• Texas: Lubbock (within 75 miles)
• Texas: Levelland (within 75 miles)
• Texas: Plainview (within 75 miles)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering -OR- a combination of equivalent education and work experience.
• 8 or more years of related experience.
• 6 or more years of experience leading technical teams in a complex and fast-paced environment.
• Strong experience with leveraging the power of data and metrics to drive behavior, process and priority decisions across the team and IS.

Requirements

• Experience in a Healthcare environment.
• 8 or more years of experience in Network Engineering.
• Lead and develop high-performing, fully remote engineering teams responsible for supporting complex multi-site data center networks spanning Cisco ACI, Arista EOS/EVPN-VXLAN/MLAG environments, Palo Alto platforms, and MPLS backbone infrastructures.
• Oversee large-scale distributed network operations and architectures, including on-premises data centers, MPLS backbones, carrier-hotel peering, high-availability designs (multi-homing, failover, redundancy), and Azure hub-and-spoke hybrid connectivity.
• Drive data-informed team performance and operational excellence by guiding the use of telemetry and analytics from platforms such as ACI APIC, Arista CloudVision, and MPLS monitoring.
• Lead the organization's network security strategy and risk management, directing the implementation of zero-trust architecture, micro-segmentation, MPLS VPN security, threat detection, HIPAA-aligned controls, and adoption of modern practices including SASE and continuous verification.
• Champion team adoption and maturity in automation technologies (ACI APIs, Arista programmability, IaC/Ansible), AIOps for predictive and self-healing operations, and advanced observability practices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching.
• Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision).
• Life insurance and disability insurance.
• Time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues).
• Voluntary benefits and well-being resources.