SUNY Upstate Medical University, located in Syracuse, NY, is the only academic medical center in Central New York. It is also the region's largest employer with 9,460 employees.
The Upstate University Health System serves 1.8 million people, often the most seriously ill and injured, and includes Upstate University Hospital; Upstate University Hospital at Community Campus; Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital, and numerous satellite sites.
Affiliated with the State University of New York, Upstate's mission is to improve the health of the community through education, biomedical research and health care.
Innovating Healthcare Through Technology
Join our Information Management and Technology (IMT) team at Upstate Medical University to contribute to groundbreaking advancements, where technology meets healthcare.
Our team of over 350 forward-thinking professionals thrives on collaboration and innovation. We believe in the power of collective expertise to drive meaningful change. And we're dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what's possible to improve patient care and outcomes.
If you are looking for a career path that merges your passion for technology with a purposeful career that has a direct impact on your community, apply to join our Information Management and Technology (IMT) team at Upstate Medical University.
Job Summary:
The primary responsibility of the Senior Systems Engineer is to protect critical systems and data through monitoring, security update deployment, vulnerability remediation, and proactive maintenance.
Additional duties include the administration and support of the Windows and VMware environment, including requirements analysis, server deployment, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
The Senior Systems Engineer maintains and supports enterprise and departmental application, database, file, and web servers; follows vendor documentation to install and configure servers. Works with Application Coordinators to set up appropriate access and rights to servers. The incumbent will coordinate operating system patching with application owners and vendors.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer-related area and a minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience in a large heterogeneous virtual server environment -or- an Associates degree in computer-related area and six (6) years of relevant experience required.
Demonstrated analytic and troubleshooting skills, and familiarity with data networking concepts and associated technologies like DNS required.
Preferred Qualifications:
The preferred candidate will have experience in a large healthcare environment.
They will have experience with virtualization platforms and/or cloud technologies, Active Directory, and shell scripting (bash, Powershell, etc.).
The preferred candidate will have experience with patch management solutions.