Engineer Information Systems Architecture

Number of Positions In Requisition

1

Job Details

Designs and implements enterprise-wide solutions for small to medium projects in alignment with organizational standards, developing configurations, test plans, and performance validations while resolving deployment issues. This role builds and maintains core routing, switching, wireless, and connectivity solutions across the enterprise, troubleshooting moderate technical issues and supporting project-driven deployments. By coordinating operational handoffs and executing structured changes with rigorous validation and configuration management, the engineer ensures reliability and contributes to technology evaluations that influence enterprise network strategy.

Job Description

Summary

Designs and implements enterprise-wide solutions for small to medium projects in alignment with organizational standards, developing configurations, test plans, and performance validations while resolving deployment issues. This role builds and maintains core routing, switching, wireless, and connectivity solutions across the enterprise, troubleshooting moderate technical issues and supporting project-driven deployments. By coordinating operational handoffs and executing structured changes with rigorous validation and configuration management, the engineer ensures reliability and contributes to technology evaluations that influence enterprise network strategy.

Job Duties

• Translate high-level requirements and constraints into detailed low-level designs, including drafting solution diagrams for on-premises and cloud-integrated network architectures.
• Implement routing structures, NAT, ACLs, and network access control policies according to security baselines, while deploying firewalls and policy objects through approved change control procedures across both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Perform migration tasks and onboarding workflows, coordinating with supporting teams to ensure seamless integration and minimal service disruption, including SD‑WAN/SASE policy cutovers where applicable.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to standardize and accelerate repeatable tasks, improving operational efficiency and reducing manual errors.
• Diagnose and resolve moderate technical issues across enterprise network environments, liaising with cross-functional teams to restore service and maintain reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or
• High School Diploma/GED with preferred work experience.
• 2 years related work experience.
• Demonstrated competency with routing protocols such as OSPF/EIGRP and working knowledge of BGP and IPv6, with the ability to apply and validate switch and router configurations in complex network environments.
• Strong understanding of firewall rule design, network access control (NAC) concepts, and experience implementing secure connectivity solutions, including VPN tunnel configuration and performance validation for both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Familiarity with cloud networking constructs (AWS VPC, Azure VNets, or GCP equivalents), hybrid connectivity solutions, and foundational knowledge of SD-WAN or emerging secure edge technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4 years related work experience.
• Ability to conduct and interpret wireless assessments and early experience with automation workflows for network provisioning and optimization.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Ansible or Terraform for infrastructure automation across on-premises and cloud environments, familiarity with Git-based version control for maintaining configuration integrity, and exposure to Kubernetes CNI/service networking.

Additional Qualifications

Physical Demands

Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

1100 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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