Network Engineer

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HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.

Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

Emp Status

Regular Full time

Work Shift

Compensation Range

The base pay scale for this position is $101,500.00 - $154,750.00. In addition, this position will be eligible for additional benefits consistent with the role. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: scope of role, level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and subject to Fair Market Value evaluation. The hiring range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

What you will be doing

Position Overview

We are seeking a Network Engineer to support day-to-day operations and network infrastructure projects within a hospital environment. The role is responsible for maintaining reliable, secure, and high-performing network services that support clinical applications, medical devices, staff, and hospital operations.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with switching, routing, firewalls, IP Address Management (IPAM), and wireless technologies, along with strong troubleshooting and teamwork skills.

Key Responsibilities

o Support daily network operations, monitor network performance, and troubleshoot connectivity issues.

o Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, and routing protocols.

o Manage IPAM, IP addressing, subnetting, DHCP, and DNS-related activities.

o Support enterprise wireless networks, access points, controllers, and wireless connectivity.

o Participate in network projects, infrastructure upgrades, migrations, deployments, and technology refreshes.

o Collaborate with IT, cybersecurity, clinical technology, biomedical engineering, and other teams to resolve issues and deliver projects.

o Follow change management, security, and documentation standards.

o Maintain network diagrams, configurations, and operational documentation.

o Support network availability and minimize disruptions to hospital and patient care operations.

Required Qualifications

o 3+ years of experience in network engineering or network operations.

o Hands-on experience with switching, routing, firewalls, IPAM, and wireless networking.

o Strong understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, DHCP, DNS, and network troubleshooting.

o Experience with network monitoring, incident management, and change management.

o Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

o Experience supporting hospital, healthcare, or other mission-critical environments.

o Familiarity with Arista, Cisco, Palo Alto, Infoblox, or equivalent technologies.

o Arista networking experience is a plus.

o Knowledge of network security, segmentation, high availability, and healthcare IT requirements.

o Relevant networking certifications, such as CCNA or CCNP.

Work Environment

This role supports a 24/7 hospital environment and may require participation in scheduled maintenance windows and after-hours support to maintain reliable network services.

Non-Discrimination Policy

Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.