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They embrace change with resilience, staying curious and learning continuously in a rapidly evolving landscape. Grounded in business understanding and comfortable with AI and digital tools, they solve problems with critical thinking and creativity. Above all, they are driven to serve-ensuring their work creates meaningful impact for members and the community we support.\nThe Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate the enterprise network infrastructure that powers our business. This role combines deep technical expertise with architectural thinking you will be a hands-on engineer who also influences strategy, mentors junior team members, and partners with security, cloud, and application teams to deliver a resilient, high-performance network across our campus, data center, cloud, and remote-user environments.Hybrid role with in-office presence required three days per week.\nWhat You Will Be Doing\nProvides expert level consulting services to both internal and external customers and partners. Resolves issues or maximize capabilities involving multiple facilities, high transaction volume or costs, and or a high impact level.\nManage cloud network architecture including Transit Gateway / hub-and-spoke designs, Direct Connect / Express Route circuits, VPC/VNet design, and centralized inspection patterns\nBuild and maintain network observability using tools such as Datadog, ThousandEyes, SolarWinds, or equivalent - including dashboards, alerting, and capacity planning\nDevelop automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (Python, Ansible, Terraform) to streamline configuration management, compliance, and change deployment\nProvide leadership in the design and implementation of large scale networking solutions based on business requirements. \nAuthor and maintain high-quality network documentation including diagrams, runbooks, standards, and as-built recordsParticipate in an on-call rotation and lead major incident response when network issues impact the business\n\nResponsible for leading technical teams tasked with resolving complex network and system problems (e.g., protocol analysis, system errors, interoperability problems, security incidents and disaster recovery events) and in the development of technical strategies and architectures. \nLeads research, evaluation and selection of vendor solutions. \nDesign systems and develop processes and procedures for operation and maintenance. \nWork in conjunction with Architects to develop network strategies and architectures. \nDiagnose and resolve issues related to the design and maintenance of infrastructure, hardware and software. Consult with senior management on technical issues. \nMonitors and performs maintenance of network systems. \nPrepares reports and analyzes trends, issues and metrics related to network performance and recommends courses of action.\nResponsible for implementation and deployment of technology design including troubleshooting and resolving issues, developing procedures and documentation. \nParticipates in monthly releases and disaster recovery exercises. \nDevelops and maintains procedures. \nWhat We Require\n5+ years related work experience in Network infrastructure design and administration\n\nRelated Bachelor’s degree or additional related equivalent work experience IT related field\n\nMust have extensive network operations knowledge and experience.\n\nAbility to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities\n\nAbility to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance.\n\nAbility to communicate highly complex technical information clearly and articulately to all levels and audiences.\n\nAbility to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.\n\nHigh critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy.\n\nHave broad, expert knowledge of many tools or products (breadth) and have deep knowledge in at least one particular tool or product (depth).\n\nProven leadership abilities including effective knowledge sharing, conflict resolution, facilitation of open discussions, fairness and displaying appropriate levels of assertiveness.\n\nWhat We Prefer\nCCNP, CCIE, or equivalent certifications; cloud certifications (AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, Azure Network Engineer)\nExperience with SD-WAN platforms (Cisco Viptela/Catalyst SD-WAN, Versa, Fortinet, Palo)\nExperience supporting regulated environments (HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, FedRAMP)\nExperience with observability platforms such as Datadog, ThousandEyes, or NetBrain\nHands on automation and scripting experience (Postman or Ansible)\nExperience using Agile methodology\nBachelor’s degree in related field\nJacksonville area residency or be willing to relocate prior to start date\nFor leadership roles, we seek individuals who think critically, embrace a future-focused mindset, and bring intentional perspective to their work -whether managing people, leading projects, or guiding teams. Our ideal candidates operate across matrix environments, applying systems thinking and evidence-based decision-making to drive sustainable results with economic discipline. We value those who lead change with courage and conviction, building trust across teams, and orchestrating both human and AI capabilities to amplify impact. Across all roles - managing direct reports, leading projects, or advancing individual expertise - they cultivate resources, strengthen capabilities, and create conditions for people and work to thrive. Above all, they are committed to building durable value-decisions and actions today that compound organizational strength tomorrow.\nGeneral Physical Demands\nExerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects.\n\nJobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.\n\nThis position offers a hybrid work arrangement which combines flexibility with in office engagement. Team schedules are determined based on role requirements and business needs.\n\nTravel to and from our corporate offices may be required.\n\nWhat We Offer\nAs a Florida Blue employee, you will be at the heart of GuideWell’s vision - to lead the nation in transforming health through compassionate, connected, and technology-enabled care that delivers personalized value and empowered living.\nTo support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:\nMedical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance\nIncome protection benefits: life insurance, short- and long-term disability programs\nLeave programs to support personal circumstances\nRetirement Savings Plan including employer match\nPaid time off, volunteer time off, 10 holidays and 2 well-being days\nAdditional voluntary benefits available; and a comprehensive wellness program\nEmployee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.\nTo support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.\nTypical Annualized Offer/Hiring Range: $100,400 - $125,500\nAnnualized Salary Range: $100,400 - $163,200\nFinal pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.\nWe are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to cultivating a work experience where everyone feels like they belong and can perform at their best in pursuit of our mission. 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