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Kaiser Permanente · 1 hour ago

IT Infrastructure Engineer V, Network

Napa, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

6+ years exp

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Principal member of the Core Network Engineering team. The role involves designing and implementing LAN and WAN technologies, managing resources to deliver network solutions, and collaborating with various teams to support effective technical network solutions.

Health CareHospitalMental HealthNon ProfitPersonal Health

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others

Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback

As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions

Provides consultation and expert technical advice on IT infrastructure planning, engineering, and architecture for assigned systems by assessing the implications of IT strategies on infrastructure capabilities

Provides some recommendations and input on options, risks, costs, and benefits for systems designs

Leverages partnerships with IT teams and key business partners to troubleshoot complex systems

Serves as a functional expert and collaborates with architects and software engineers to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable system designs

Translates business requirements, and functional and non-functional requirements, into technical specifications that support integrated and sustainable designs for complex or high impact infrastructure systems by partnering with Business Analysts to understand business needs and functional specifications

Ensures system designs adhere to company architecture standards

Builds partnerships with counterparts in various IT Teams (e.g., database, operations, technical support) throughout system development and implementation

Serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the implementation and maintenance of assigned enterprise infrastructure systems by defining and overseeing the documentation of detailed standards (e.g., guidelines, processes, procedures) for the introduction and maintenance of services

Mentors other technical resources throughout infrastructure systems development

Reviews and validates technical specifications and documentation for complex or multi-dimensional solutions

Leads the development and modification of solutions by identifying technical solutions to business problems

Collaborates with business leaders, Solutions, and lead enterprise architects to review business drivers, and establish a foundation for enterprise systems planning

Reviews benchmarking results, and provides information to support current and future infrastructure needs and projects to IT leadership. Provides preliminary conclusions

Benchmarks and evaluates IT trends and technologies to identify opportunities and considerations that impact ROI

Makes recommendations on resources required to maintain service levels and meet new demands

Guides and drives physical architecture design for new initiatives

Qualification

Cisco ACIOSPFBGPNetwork infrastructure designDEVOPSAgile practicesWaterfall practicesCloud-based solutionsTechnical leadershipMentoringCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

Minimum six (6) years experience in network infrastructure planning, design, and implementation

Minimum two (2) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in an IT operations environment with technical experience in distributed technologies, systems development, and/or networking. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement

Preferred

Three (3) years experience in the design and implementation of complex network infrastructure solutions

Three (3) years experience in IT network infrastructure consulting

Company

Kaiser Permanente

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Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services.

Founded in 1945

Oakland, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org

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