Location: Commerce Place
Category: Information Technology
Department: IT Client Services
Job Type: Full time
Union Name: Non Union
Length Of Shift(s) In Hours: 8
Shift Start + End Times: 9-5
Hours/Week: 40.00
Weekend Requirements: As needed
Holiday Requirements: As needed
On Call Requirements: Yes
The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for the selection, development, implementation, and support of Enterprise-level Systems Technologies at CHA. This role serves as a senior technical authority on server, virtualization, storage, and operating system architectures. The incumbent provides technical guidance, develops high-level architectural solutions, and collaborates closely with senior staff, IT managers, and the Epic/Applications teams to ensure seamless product integration and support.
Core Responsibilities- Architecture & Strategy: Define technology architecture for systems and applications, balancing key business drivers with the systems required to maintain and enhance administrative and clinical operations.
- System Monitoring & Log Analysis: Perform day-to-day security log review, analysis, and information security monitoring of regulated and core systems within the enterprise environment.
- Infrastructure Management: Champion the implementation, maintenance, and support of enterprise production hardware and software systems (servers, storage, and specialized blade platforms).
- Collaboration & Leadership: Partner with IT Directors and Managers across applications, network, and Epic teams to outline technical strategies, run competitive analyses on new technologies, and set R&D priorities.
Qualifications & RequirementsEducation & Experience- Degree: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field is required (Advanced degree preferred). Equivalent, relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
- Experience: 10+ years of systems administrator responsibility in an enterprise, mission-critical environment.
- Project Management: Demonstrated project and vendor management experience.
Technical Mastery (Required)- Hardware & Management: In-depth knowledge of specialized blade server hardware platforms, specifically HPE Synergy and HPE OneView.
- Virtualization: Mastery of VMware ESXi hypervisors within a high-availability production environment.
- Endpoint & Configuration Management: In-depth knowledge and mastery of Microsoft SCCM and Windows Active Directory.
- Operating Systems: Mastery of Windows Server network operating systems.
- Automation & Scripting: Advanced scripting and programming capabilities with a heavy focus on PowerShell (advanced scripting in a secondary language like Bash, Python, or .NET is also required).
- Security & Monitoring: Strong knowledge of operating system security concepts, system auditing, and monitoring tools (e.g., Zabbix, Rapid 7 Siem or equivalent tools).
Preferred Skills & Pluses- Linux Administration: Experience with Linux network server operating systems (RHEL preferred).
- Cloud & Workspace: Experience managing a large Enterprise Google Workspace (G-Suite) environment or building/maintaining infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Storage: Storage Area Network (SAN) experience is strongly preferred.
- Databases: Knowledge of enterprise databases and applications (SQL, MySQL, Oracle, Intersystems Caché, LDAP).
- Modern Infrastructure: Familiarity with modern containerization tools such as Kubernetes and Docker.
Preferred Qualifications- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
- HPE Product Certified/Master ASE
Soft Skills- Analytical Thinking: Exceptional problem-solving skills with a laser focus on detail during log analysis and root-cause investigations.
- Communication: Ability to clearly communicate and document complex technical issues and project statuses to both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Comfortable participating in an on-call rotation and handling high-pressure incident response scenarios.
Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
