Network SME

Network SME

The resource will need to visit the following sites in person. When not visiting a site, work is remote. Only looking for local candidates.

• Western Maryland Hospital Center, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21742
• Thomas B. Finan Center, 10102 Country Club Road, Cumberland, MD 21502
• Holly Center, 926 Snow Hill Road, Salisbury, MD 21804
• Springfield Hospital Center, 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville, MD 21784
• Spring Grove Hospital Center, 55 Wade Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228
• Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents – Rockville, 15000 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850
• Potomac Center, 1380 Marshall Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21740
• Eastern Shore Hospital Center, 5262 Woods Road, Cambridge, MD 21613
• Clifton T. Perkins Hos. Center, 8450 Dorsey Run Road, Jessup, MD 20794
• Deer's Head Hospital Center, 351 Deers Head Hospital Road, Salisbury, MD 21802
• Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents, 605 South Chapelgate Lane, Baltimore, MD 21229

Interview mode: Virtual MDH is implementing a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution. To ensure efficient and effective use of the new solution, MDH is requesting a comprehensive Network Discovery and Infrastructure assessment resulting in their WiFi heat maps for various areas of the facilities in scope as a priority.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand MDH requirements and gain insight into the current network environment versus required network environment.
• Plan and develop the network assessment project details, documentation of devices, knowledge management, provide continuous service improvements.
• Generate and leverage a color-coded graphical representation of the heat maps and provide active support and participation in each phase and handover deliverables from the completion of the assessment.
• Evaluate the current network to identify areas that need to be enhanced or upgraded.
• Understand existing tools, configuration, accessibility, licenses, network device information, risks, gaps, etc.
• Oversee assessment project progress, management, and monitoring the overall project progression and set deadlines.
• Manage staff on their availability, accessibility, and technical requirements for a smooth assessment operation.
• Update and document information on the specified tools and enhance knowledge management.
• Design and draw High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD) for future network and security architectural designs.
• Provide and support the team on activities like network configuration, intermittent connectivity issues, latency, packet drops, bandwidth details, wireless devices, network utilization, bandwidth segregations, throughput management, and related issues.
• Create powerful AI-assisted predictive wireless network designs.
• Run network upgrade simulations to test performance.
• Inspect collected and live survey data.
• Generate custom reports detailing the performance health of your network.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10 years of overall Network Engineering experience.
• 4 years of wireless heatmap experience.
• Hands on experience with Ekahau or similar tools.

Educational Requirement: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field

Citizenship requirement: No Visa restrictions