Principal Network Architect, Technology & Digital

Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 29,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 26 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 63 high-performing honors.

What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we're all in.

At Baptist Health, we’re committed to supporting our employees at every stage of their journey, both personally and professionally. Our approach is rooted in a “grow our own” philosophy, designed to help our team members build meaningful, long-term careers with us, supported by benefits that make a real difference, including:

• Career growth and development opportunities, with clear pathways and ongoing support
• Comprehensive health and wellness resources that go beyond traditional benefits
• A wellness program that can help employees eliminate their medical plan deductible, reducing out-of-pocket healthcare costs
• Tuition reimbursement to support continued learning and advancement
• And so much more

Together, these benefits and others reflect our commitment to caring for our people, so they can build fulfilling careers with us while making a meaningful impact every day.

Description:

Responsible for defining the strategic direction and leading the design, implementation, and continuous optimization of information systems that support Baptist Health‘s enterprise infrastructure. Architects scalable, secure, and high-performance network solutions both on-premises and across multi-cloud environments—including Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)—within a robust cloud foundation and governance framework. Designs and manages complex routing protocols, Cisco ACI software-defined networking (SDN) fabrics, and Palo Alto firewall deployments to ensure secure, resilient, and efficient network operations that enable critical business functions and cloud transformation initiatives. Oversees system requirements analysis, network modeling, capacity planning, and integration to maintain security, availability, and compliance. Leads troubleshooting efforts, hardware and software upgrades, and comprehensive system testing. Manages and mentors cross-functional teams responsible for network installation, maintenance, and security countermeasures while coordinating vendor relationships and delivering detailed design documentation and technical proposals.

Estimated salary range for this position is $140603.28 - $182784.26 / year depending on experience.

Qualifications:

Degrees:

• Bachelors

Additional Qualifications:

• 12 years of exp in network architecture, design, and strategy within complex enterprise environments.
• Extensive expertise in Cisco ACI and cloud.
• Expertise in setting strategy and leading cross-functional teams & vendor relationships, including Cisco, Palo Alto, and VMware.
• Possesses expert knowledge of complementary security controls such as WAF, DDoS mitigation, micro-segmentation, IDS/IDP, NAC, and MFA.
• Experience in wireless network design and implementation.
• Expertise in cloud technologies &infrastructure, including networking components like VNets, VPCs, VGWs, DNS, load balancing, and certificate services.
• Skilled in scripting, automation, and software-defined networking using tools/platforms such as Postman, Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Extensive knowledge of advanced network protocols & practices, including MPLS/SR, optical networking, LISP, VXLAN, IPv4/IPv6, 802,1X, segmentation, QoS, and IPAM.
• Expert understanding of network technologies including Cisco ACI, SDN, SDWAN, routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, application load balancing, and network visibility solutions.
• Experienced in internet policy and design, including ARIN, IRR, IXPs, BGP policy design, RPKI, and DDoS mitigation.
• Proven ability to design, plan capacity, optimize performance, and manage the rollout of diverse network infrastructures.
• Accountable for setting strategy across all these domains to support business & cloud transformation goals.

Minimum Required Experience: 10 Years

EOE, including disability/vets