Provides leadership and insight on the design and implementation of strategic projects that are supported by a broad range of technologies, consults with end users, clients, and senior management to define business requirements for complex systems and infrastructure design. Ensures that proposed or existing infrastructure systems are aligned with organizational goals and objectives to meet or exceed business requirements. Has a commanding and broad knowledge of infrastructure platforms including servers, storage, networking (data, voice, video), end points, software packages, ERP solutions, operational, management and datacenter tools. Conducts research on emerging technologies in support of cost effectiveness and system reliability. Develops documents and provides justification for plans to invest in infrastructure or system software required to manage the systems supported Provides expertise and knowledge transfer on complex systems to increase support capabilities and awareness, provides direction and/or facilitation to other engineers or administrators as necessary to achieve organizational objectives Conceptualizes, designs and implements strategies for supported technologies and the integration with other technologies within the information technology environment. Participates actively and is a standing member on the committee that provides technical insight on highly complex projects being implemented or considered for implementation at Advocate Health Leads efforts with peers/management to identify short team and long-term capacity/performance needs, works in a proactive manner towards established stability goals and champions the lifecycle management of supported systems as to maintain stability and availability objectives Interprets internal and external challenges and recommends solutions and best practices to improve Advocate Health’s infrastructure and increase performance and reliability. Works with leadership to proactively identify opportunities or new technologies and provides oversight of strategic initiatives Leads and or participates in formal process improvement efforts. Ensures information technology is configured to provide maximum efficiency to caregivers Performs technical based activities, contributing to and managing projects and provides advice and direction on Advocate Health’s engineered infrastructure. Serves as the technical expert and supports project management efforts with the ability to manage/mitigate risk, create communication plans, propose implementation strategies and manage work plans and scope Provides workflow analysis for all engineered systems and process redesign recommendations. Mentors staff and guides and leads others in resolving complex infrastructure issues Configure, install, maintain and troubleshoot complex local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) systems including multi-layer switching, routing, and wireless in an enterprise environment utilizing primarily Cisco network products. Position requires advanced configuration and support of BGP and OSPF routing, Quality of Service, Access Control Lists, wireless LAN controller implementations, wireless survey tools, IP Address Management Platform (Infoblox), Load Balancing (F5), etc.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees