Senior Network Architect

  • One Partner LLC
  • Kingsport, Tennessee
  • 04/24/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Job DescriptionJob Description

If you are a motivated and reliable person with exceptional customer service skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, come join Holston Medical Group. We are looking for friendly, courteous employees to ensure a positive patient experience and welcome a teamwork environment.

WHAT WE OFFER:

  • Company paid Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • Company paid Long Term Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) and Roth Retirement plan with Company Contributions
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and additional Life and STD Insurance
  • Health Savings Account Plan with company contributions
  • Paid time off
  • Paid Sick time
  • Paid Holidays
  • And more!


General Summary: The Senior Network Architect (SNA) is responsible for leading the process that aligns the networking technology foundational components to business system initiatives. The SNA works closely with the CTO and serves as a subject matter expert (SME), possessing a broad knowledgebase with a focus on strategic technologies including Cisco Networking technologies (LAN, WAN, Data Center, VoIP, Wireless, and Security), Palo Alto, NetScaler, and similar non-Cisco technologies. Responsible for design, documentation, and administration of the end-to-end network environment.

Main Responsibilities:

Support a highly available Cisco Medical Grade Network

Support a highly available Cisco Call Manager telephony infrastructure

Support wireless infrastructure and emerging 802.11 standards

Proactively configure and maintain firmware for all network devices

Monitor and ensure network configuration backups

Perform daily monitoring of the network environment

Secures the environment via patching, MFA, threat prevention, detection, and remediation

Identify and resolve network related problems and performance issues

Support change control and change requests received for the network environment

Research new technologies, recommend enhancements and configuration changes to improve and optimize the network environment

Document policies and procedures to support the network environment and participate in the design and ongoing refinement of procedures and policies (ITIL)

Interface with users, external vendors, and customers as necessary

Coordinate and collaborate with other Information Technology Teams

Ability to lead a project team and mentor others via best practices

Ability to work nights and weekends as required and participates in on-call rotation

Education/Experience:

Associate or bachelor's degree preferred (or equivalent experience) in computer science or related field

10+ years' experience in Information Technology, preferably in a progressive healthcare environment

Knowledge (Strongly Preferred):

Understanding of PRI, T1, POTS, MetroE and Dark Fiber

Experience supporting structured cabling (CAT6/7 and OM3/4)

Understanding of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLSM and Route Summarization

CDP, LLDP, and EtherChannel (LACP/PAGP)

First hop protection mechanisms HSRP, VRRP and GLBP

RSTP, BPDUGuard, UDLD, DHCP Snooping, Port Security, DAI and 802.1X

Static and dynamic routing protocols such as RIP2, OSPF, BGP and EIGRP.

Cisco Data Center design (FEX, L2TPv3, VPC, VDC, Fabric Path, ACI)

Wireless standards - 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 11i, 11e, WPA2/3, EAP, PEAP

Cisco wireless controllers, CAPWAP, Clean Air, Location, and monitoring

AAA via RADIUS and TACACS

Cisco QOS (COS, DSCP, shaping, queuing, policing, marking)

Multicast Routing (PIM-Sparse, IGMP, Anycast RP and MSDP)

Cisco Call Manager based voice infrastructure (CUCM, CUC, UCCX, SRST, CME, CUE)

VoIP (SCCP, SIP, H.323, G.711u, G.729, MGCP, TDM. E.164)

Cisco UCS and MDS connectivity best practices

MPLS, VPLS, LDP, and VRF

Cisco and Palo Alto multi-tenant security system design and implementation

Load balancing and proxy caching

Antivirus and host-based security

Understanding of Windows administration

Understanding of Microsoft server and related connectivity (DHCP/DNS/WINS)

Understanding of ESXi and related connectivity

Understanding of data center design (power distribution, cabling, cooling)

Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, RTO, RPO.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong team player - collaborates well with others; applies knowledge to coach and mentor others

Excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal, and time-management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize own work

Cisco, Microsoft, CompTIA, and VMware certifications a plus

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability."