IT Systems Analyst - Network Engineer

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CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. 

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)  

• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

Education:
▪ Preferred:  Associate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare Administration, a related field, or equivalent experience. 
Experience:
▪ Required:  4 years of experience in healthcare clinical workflows and/or IT support, including experience with nursing, provider, or ancillary department technologies OR Associate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare Administration, a related field.
Skills:
• Strong knowledge of inter-related solutions and IT systems knowledge with the aligned application domain.  Develops and maintains knowledge of related IT systems as well as supporting business and IT domains.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with department resources.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong understanding of operational workflows.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Ability to lead small to medium size initiatives related to clinical systems improvements

Hands on Skills:

• Configuring Devices: Routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless controllers.
• Troubleshooting Tools: Ping, traceroute, Wireshark, NetFlow, SNMP monitoring.
• Cabling & Hardware: Fiber, copper, transceivers, patch panels, rack/stack.
• Must be able to carry 10-15 pounds of equipment and lift into a rack.

Networking Fundamentals:

• Understanding TCP/IP, OSI model, subnetting, VLANs, routing vs. switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT.
• Protocols & Services: HTTP/S, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, VPNs, VoIP, multicast.
• LAN/WAN Technologies: Ethernet, wireless standards (802.11), MPLS, SD-WAN.
• Routing & Switching: Static and dynamic routing (OSPF, BGP), STP, port channels, trunking.
• Cisco, Aruba, VMWare
• Certifications strongly preferred: CCNP, CCIE, etc.

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▪ N/A