Advocate Health Care

Systems Engineer Senior

Advocate Health Care$92K — $137K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years in application development and support
  • Advanced knowledge of operating systems and databases
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrated ability to translate user requirements into system specifications

Responsibilities

  • Design and support clinical device integration solutions
  • Plan and coordinate system installations and upgrades
  • Develop and maintain workstation and server administration procedures
  • Monitor system performance and optimize configurations
  • Implement quality assurance processes and track software issues
  • Analyze business requirements and create technical requirements
  • Collaborate with vendors to resolve technical problems

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits including adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
  • Educational Assistance Program
Full Job Description
Department:

12280 Enterprise Corporate - Integration and Departmental App

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Primarily M-F 8:00AM - 5:00PM, with call as needed.

Pay Range
$44.15 - $66.25

Major Responsibilities:
  • Designs, configures, installs, and supports complex clinical device or other ancillary device integration solutions Assists with conversion and operational support planning activities and task of multiple simultaneous projects. Plans, schedules, and coordinates moderately complex system and application software installations and upgrades. Ensures team follows change management processes and makes suggests on change management process improvements. Manages training when applicable
  • Identifies how requirements and designs will affect multiple application areas (including 3rd party applications) and recommends solutions for those areas to comply with strategic direction. Acts independently fully understanding client business requirements, offers effective alternatives and works as an integration point to ensure multiple design teams are not in conflict
  • Develops workstation and server administration procedures. Designs backup and recovery procedures to ensure data/media recoverability. Assists in the design of disaster recovery and business continuance configurations and procedures.
  • Ensures capacity monitoring processes are followed and initiates corrective activities. Monitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum performance levels. Assists in capacity monitoring and planning process design and review. Recommends improvements to current technical architecture and assists in the development of models of possible future configurations.
  • Ensures quality assurance processes are followed and initiates corrective actions. Assists in quality assurance process design and review to ensure proper system operation, optimum performance, and freedom from defects. Defines and participates in on-call rotation. Solves complex applications software problems. Tracks and trends problems and drives resolution. Performs root-cause analysis on complex application software problems. Acts as an escalation point with vendors and staff to coordinate application software changes. Prioritizes problems and issues as needed.
  • Creates tasks, work estimates, and directs resources on those tasks. Monitors tasks and resources and initiates or directs corrective actions. Communicates with project coordinators and clients in order to keep them informed with regard to project status and potential problem areas. Consults with clients to obtain and convey information
  • Analyzes business requirements and creates technical requirements to meet their needs. Assists in reviews of capital expenditure requests to ensure configuration and ancillary requirements are correct and complete for fit into Aurora technical environment. Evaluates new and existing software products
  • Designs complex application support software such as utility programs, macros, subroutines, and control modules from detailed specifications
  • Codes, tests, debugs, documents, and maintains complex application support software such as utility programs, macros, subroutines, and control modules. Makes complex modifications to purchased applications to fit specialized needs and configurations
  • Works collaboratively with vendor(s) at technical and management level to resolve problems and manage escalation. Assists in development of contract language and compliance monitoring


Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
  • None

Education Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent knowledge) in Computer Science or related field

Experience Required:
  • Typically requires 5 years in application development and support.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Advanced knowledge of operating systems, databases, vendor-specific development languages or environments, and other system software
  • Advanced knowledge of the system(s) administered and the inter-relationships between application code and server operating systems and desktop operating systems
  • Advanced knowledge of hardware and software as used in the clinical and/or business setting
  • Demonstrated negotiation and facilitation skills and ability to explain technical subjects to non-technical clients
  • Demonstrated ability to translate user requirements into system specifications
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills. Ability to gather, organize and present data. Strong problem and issue resolution skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks, set appropriate priorities and accomplish assignments in a thorough and timely manner


Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  • Generally exposed to a normal office environment.
  • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
  • Must have ability to perform related travel and therefore may be exposed to road and weather hazards.


This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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