UAB Medicine · 3 months ago
Systems Administration Architect - ENT
Birmingham, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$104K/yr - $169K/yr
10+ years expUAB Medicine is Alabama’s largest and most comprehensive health system, recognized nationally for delivering world-class patient care. The Enterprise IT Systems Architect will collaborate with domain leaders to design and support the IT infrastructure of a large hospital system, ensuring integration of critical applications and scalable solutions.
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Responsibilities
Lead technical planning, system architecture design, and implementation of IT infrastructure projects
Serve as a subject matter expert for infrastructure services, ensuring seamless integration across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments
Provide technical leadership in diagnosing and resolving complex system issues, offering strategic solutions and escalation guidance
Collaborate with development teams, engineers, and business units to ensure technology solutions align with hospital IT standards, legacy systems, and business objectives
Define and document cost-effective, scalable system solutions that meet performance and integration requirements
Develop and implement technology integration and migration strategies for on-premises and cloud-based systems
Identify technical risks, propose mitigation strategies, and provide proof-of-concept evaluations for emerging technologies
Ensure interoperability and seamless communication between enterprise systems
Assess infrastructure security, performance, and scalability needs, recommending improvements to meet evolving clinical and business requirements
Translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, ensuring IT initiatives align with hospital operations
Stay current with industry trends, healthcare IT best practices, and emerging technologies to enhance system reliability and efficiency
Mentor junior team members, fostering technical growth and knowledge sharing
Qualification
Required
Associate's degree in Information Systems or a related field and ten (10) years of related experience required
Work experience may substitute for education requirement
Preferred
10+ years of enterprise architecture experience, preferably in a large hospital system
10+ years of IT support experience with hospital systems, including EPIC EHR
Extensive experience with server and application virtualization (VMware, Citrix); migration expertise is a plus
Strong background in healthcare IT, network design, security, and HIPAA compliance
Deep expertise across cloud, storage, compute, security, networking, and virtualization domains
Proven track record in backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategy design for hospital environments
Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, certificate lifecycle management, scripting, and log management
Strong proficiency in large-scale network design (LAN, WAN, wireless, data center) with an emphasis on security
Experience with high-availability storage solutions (SAN, NAS, object storage) and data protection strategies for sensitive patient data
Hands-on expertise in load balancing, clustering, and scalable server design
Strong troubleshooting skills for server and client performance issues, permissions, and security
Implementation experience with VDI, SaaS solutions, and Citrix application delivery
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid cloud solutions, optimizing multi-cloud strategies
Solid understanding of cybersecurity best practices, encryption, access control, and incident response
Knowledge of healthcare data standards and high-performance computing applications
Excellent communication, problem-solving, and prioritization skills in high-pressure environments
Availability for after-hours change and on-call support as needed
Benefits
Robust educational assistance programs
Generous paid time off
Employee assistance and wellness programs
Paid parental leave
Qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
Plus more
Company
UAB Medicine
UAB medicine is a pharmaceutical company, it's operate in many country, mainly manufacturing heart problems medicine.
10001+ employees
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