Senior Network Engineer

Why join Givens? Givens Communities continues to be a positive force and advocate for older adults. We have a mission to expand the possibilities of aging by improving lives through communities, services, and outreach. Givens Communities promotes Inclusion and Belonging by aligning our words with actions so that everyone is welcomed and treated with dignity and respect. We continuously look for innovative approaches to achieve our sustainability goals and practices to protect our natural resources.

Our collective mindset is to ensure the communities remain forward thinking and progressive as our residents seek a purpose driven life. Purpose. Passion. Possibilities.

Join Our Team And Benefit From

• Three major medical health insurance plans to choose from with dental and vision coverage at no additional cost
• Free short-term disability, life insurance, & access to our employee assistance program
• Paid time off (PTO), shift differential pay, & referral bonus program
• 403(b) retirement plan with up to a 6% matching
• Educational assistance & professional development opportunities
• Flexible spending account (FSA) & access to AFLAC & Prudential Life insurance products

Givens Communities is looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our Information Technology team. This position is the senior technical lead responsible for keeping the organization’s technology and communication network stable, secure, and scalable while driving complex changes forward based on the organization strategy. This role will serve as the primary escalation point for high impact incidents, performing deep troubleshooting, coordinating restoration efforts, and ensuring root causes are addressed, not repeated.

• Serve as the senior escalation point for network incidents, lead troubleshooting, restoration, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
• Plan, implement, and validate complex network changes and continuing evolutions
• Lead network upgrades, migrations, and refreshes; coordinate cutovers, maintenance windows, testing and rollback plans
• Implement and maintain secure network standards for configuration, segmentation, naming, IP addressing, and documentation
• Produce and maintain accurate network diagrams, runbooks, and technical documentation; ensure change records are complete and usable
• Mentor, facilitate, and manage Level I and Level II network support training for larger Givens technology team
• Create and maintain ongoing SWOT analyses, risk analyses, or equivalent reports of infrastructure health and direction on a recurring basis during the year
• Perform any other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned on an as-needed basis by an authorized supervisor

• 3 to 6 years of progressive network engineering experience in multi-site enterprise environments
• 2+ years of hands on expertise across routing, wifi, switching, wireless, and firewalls
• Experience with common network services and integrations: VLANs, QoS, DHCP, DNS, PKI basics, VPN, AAA, NAC concepts
• 1+ years experience with Office 365, Exchange, Intune, and Teams
• 1+ year experience with Azure cloud networking infrastructure tools within the tenant as well as database instances and virtual environments
• 1+ years working in any customer service role

Compensation is $110,000 to $130,000 per year, based on background and experience and includes our comprehensive benefits package

Still curious about what Givens is all about? It s kind of a long story, but at our core, we re a senior housing organization with a lot of heart and committed to providing housing to seniors of all socioeconomic backgrounds across WNC for more than 40 years. We already have five communities (three life plan communities and two affordable communities) with plans for many more in the coming years.