Director Core Technologies

Your future role at a glance: **Department:** Core Technologies**Schedule:** Full Time Monday \- Friday 8\-5pm CT**Location:** Remote (travel expected)**Salary:** $152,083\.90 \- $214,706\.69 Eligible for an annual bonus incentive How you'll make an impact in this role: As the Director of Network Services, you will be the chief architect of the digital nervous system that connects our clinicians to their patients. Your success will be defined by the following core pillars:* **Lead** the long\-term network strategy and architectural roadmap to ensure our hospitals, clinics, and data centers remain resilient, secure, and ready for the future of digital medicine. * **Create** a high\-performance culture rooted in servant leadership, mentoring a diverse team of engineers and leaders to foster psychological safety and continuous professional growth. * **Govern** our managed service provider (MSP) ecosystem by establishing rigorous performance frameworks that ensure incident responses and system changes never compromise patient safety. * **Support** large\-scale modernization initiatives—including SD\-WAN and Cloud transition—to streamline connectivity for our medical staff, allowing them to focus more on care and less on technology. * **Optimize** our enterprise\-wide network budget and vendor relationships to maximize ROI, ensuring every dollar invested contributes to a more reliable and scalable healthcare environment. What minimum qualifications you'll need: Education:* High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management. What additional requirements you'll need: * Experience with MSP management * Previous leadership experience Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity: Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000\+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150\+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military\-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter. Equal employment opportunity employer: ***Equal employment opportunity employer*** Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster. ***Fraud prevention notice*** Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process. Our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system. ***E\-Verify statement*** Employer participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click here for more information. Benefits: Paid time off (PTO) Various health insurance options \& wellness plans Retirement benefits including employer match plans Long\-term \& short\-term disability Employee assistance programs (EAP) Parental leave \& adoption assistance Tuition reimbursement Ways to give back to your community *Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.*