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Ascension

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

Healthcare • Non-profit

Ascension is one of the nation’s leading non-profit Catholic health systems focused on delivering compassionate, personalized care with special attention to vulnerable populations. In FY2025 Ascension reported providing $1. 7 billion in care for persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs plus $1. 8 billion of unreimbursed care for Medicare patients. Operating across 16 states and the District of Columbia, its network includes about 97,300 associates, 25,300 aligned providers, 90 wholly owned or consolidated hospitals and ownership interests in 29 additional hospitals; Ascension also operates 22 senior living facilities and a variety of other care sites (including home health and health clinics). Its specialties include medical services, nursing, health system operations, and healthcare technology, all grounded in its faith-based mission to bring health, healing and hope to all.

📋 Description

• Own and optimize enterprise load balancing and application delivery platforms • Ensure availability, performance, and resiliency of critical business applications • Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex Layer 4–7 traffic management and application delivery issues • Lead root-cause analysis and restore service in high-availability production environments • Drive continuous improvement across F5, Citrix ADC, and VMware AVI platforms through automation, optimization, application onboarding, and operational excellence initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience OR 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required • 8–10+ years of experience in network engineering, with significant focus on load balancing and application delivery • Proven experience operating in large-scale, enterprise environments • Expert-level hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP platform • Expert-level hands-on experience with Citrix NetScaler / ADC • Expert-level hands-on experience with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI) • Strong expertise in Layer 4–7 protocols (HTTP/S, TCP, UDP, SSL/TLS, DNS) • Expertise in load balancing methods, persistence, and traffic steering • Expertise in SSL offloading and certificate management • Ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-tier application issues • F5 certifications (CTS or higher) • Citrix ADC certifications (CCA-N / CCP-N or higher) • VMware NSX / AVI-related certifications • 2 years of leadership or management experience preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options • Employer-matched 403(b) • Planning and hardship resources • Disability and life insurance • Pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays • Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare) • Tuition reimbursement • Ongoing professional development and online learning • Employee Assistance Program • Counseling and peer support • Spiritual care and stress management resources • Parental leave • Adoption assistance and family benefits • Optional legal and pet insurance • Transportation savings