Systems Administrator (67281)

Department: Information Technology

Position: Information Technology Systems Administrator

Employee Category: Exempt

Reporting Relationship: Manager of Information Technology

Character Qualities:

• Creativity-approaching a need, a task, or an idea from a new perspective
• Discretion-Recognizing and avoiding words, actions, and attitudes that could bring undesirable consequences
• Flexibility-Willingness to change plans or ideas without getting upset
• Initiative-Recognizing and doing what needs to be done before I am asked to do it

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for monitoring servers, storage area networks and network infrastructure. Manage, recommend, and perform maintenance and upgrades on servers, SANs, telecommunications equipment, and network components. Provide infrastructure planning and direction including capacity planning, performance analysis and trending, network architecture, and security reviews and documentation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Administers, recommends, implements, and performs maintenance and upgrades on all backend infrastructure components. Installs and tests software upgrades.
• Provides infrastructure planning and direction including capacity planning, performance analysis and trending, network architecture, and security reviews and documentation. Researches and evaluates new technologies. Collects and analyzes network, server and storage utilization.
• Monitors, designs, and implements security equipment, servers, and storage area networks.
• Develops, implements, and monitors systems backup/recovery strategy.
• Works with network team to help with security including firewalls and intrusion detection systems and reviews all security logs. Helps to develop and publish security policies and standards. Audits PC, server, application, and other configurations to ensure they meet security standards. Responsible for disaster recovery contingency planning, testing, and execution.
• Responsible for the design and management of Active Directory. Establishes and maintains network users, user environment, directories, and security.
• Will assist other IT staff in supporting all levels of the desktop and server environment; provides troubleshooting and resource management in the areas of networks, servers, PCs, printers, peripheral hardware products, and operating systems.
• Supports Variety Care's accreditation as a Patient Centered Medical Home and our commitment to provide care to all Variety patients that is Safe, Effective, Patient Centered, Timely, Efficient, and Equitable. Provide leadership and work with all staff to achieve the goals of the "Triple Aim" of healthcare reform-to improve the experience of care, improve health outcomes, and decrease healthcare costs.
• Embodies the strength of personal character. Places value on being an open and honest communicator who displays high moral and ethical conduct, integrity, adaptability, and sound judgment. Must be a leader in the department and community. Result-oriented problem solver who is responsible and accountable.
• Performs other duties as assigned.