Systems Administrator, Senior

Company Description

About Valley Medical Center & Clinics

Founded in 1947, Valley Medical Center & Clinics (VMCC) is the oldest and largest public hospital district in Washington state and the largest nonprofit healthcare provider in South King County. Valley serves more than 600,000 residents through a comprehensive network of more than 50 primary, urgent, and specialty care clinics across South King County, and a 341-bed acute care hospital located in Renton. As a Level III Trauma Center, Valley provides advanced emergency, medical, surgical, and specialty care, including cancer treatment, heart and vascular services, neurosciences, orthopedics, stroke and spine care, childbirth and neonatal services, and critical care. Guided by our mission of caring for our community like family, Valley is committed to improving the health and well-being of the vibrant communities we serve through accessible, compassionate, high-quality care. Learn more at valleymed.org.

Job Description

The Senior Systems Administrator serves as a technical lead and subject-matter expert for assigned enterprise server platforms and infrastructure services supporting 24x7x365 clinical and business operations. The position leads resolution of complex, high-impact, recurring, and cross-platform issues, designs and implements infrastructure solutions, and develops technical standards for configuration, security, automation, performance, resilience, recovery, lifecycle management, and operational support. The Senior Systems Administrator leads complex or high-risk technical workstreams, provides technical direction to administrators and project teams, mentors staff, and develops roadmap and lifecycle recommendations for assigned platforms and services.

Qualifications

Prerequisites

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field required. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree. 
2. Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, systems administration, or systems engineering required. Experience must include extensive technical work with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, endpoint and server management platforms, monitoring and observability tools, backup platforms, virtualization platforms, cloud governance practices, cloud operational support, automation platforms, APIs, infrastructure-as-code methodologies, and hosted, private cloud, or hybrid cloud environments.
3. Advanced experience supporting Windows Server, Active Directory, identity and access management, enterprise patching, monitoring, backup/recovery, system hardening, and mission-critical infrastructure services required. Previous experience must also include leading technical workstreams, designing operational standards, mentoring administrators, and coordinating complex changes in an enterprise production environment required.
4. Two (2) current industry-recognized enterprise infrastructure, operating system, cloud, security, virtualization, or IT service management certifications required (may include but not limited to: CompTIA Server+, Network+, Security+, Microsoft Fundamentals, Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900).
5. Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate required. 

General Qualifications

1. Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to determine root cause, assess risk, restore service, and document corrective actions.
2. Working knowledge of IT Service Management practices, including incident, problem, change, configuration, request, and knowledge management.
3. Strong communication, documentation, problem-solving, prioritization, and organizational skills.3. Ability to produce accurate work, meet deadlines, adapt to changing priorities, and function in an environment with a wide variety of duties and frequent interruptions.
4. Ability to lead small projects or technical work efforts appropriate to level.
5. Healthcare IT experience, including familiarity with HIPAA/HITECH expectations and clinical systems support, preferred.

Additional Information

Build your future with Valley Medical Center & Clinics! Join a team that values its people and offers excellent benefits and opportunities to grow.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement plan with employer contributions
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee wellness and assistance programs

Equal Employment Opportunity

Valley Medical Center & Clinics is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and nondiscrimination in all aspects of employment and participation in its programs. 

We do not provide sponsorship opportunities at this time.

• Valley Medical Center & Clinics participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.