IT System Administrator Lvl 3

HH Health System•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

Responsible for administering, configuring, monitoring, and maintaining enterprise storage infrastructure, including SAN, NAS, and storage virtualization technologies. The role manages storage capacity and provisions and allocates storage for VMware and physical server environments. It configures and maintains storage volumes, LUNs, datastores, and RAID configurations, and monitors storage performance and availability. The position also supports storage replication, snapshots, backup integration, data protection, and disaster recovery strategies. Responsibilities include troubleshooting storage connectivity and performance issues, managing storage expansions and migrations, planning future capacity needs, and ensuring storage systems meet organizational requirements for performance, availability, redundancy, and data integrity. The employer is Huntsville Hospital, a locally governed nonprofit health system serving the community through Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children, and Madison Hospital. The system has 971 licensed beds across its three Madison County hospitals and offers work across a range of specialties and care settings.

Requirements

5 to 8 years’ experience in a Microsoft and Linux multi-server networking environment.
5 to 8 years’ experience installing and supporting VMware.
Experience working with multiple domains and mission-critical systems.
Experience working in a large, multi-facility team environment.
Extensive experience documenting network topology and diagramming, installation guidelines, and troubleshooting procedures.
Experience setting up and configuring file servers, clustering devices, operating systems, and applications.
Significant experience installing, maintaining, and supporting high-availability systems.
Experience working in and a thorough understanding of SAN environments.
Extensive experience working with and maintaining enterprise backup solutions.
Experience designing and working with disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
Significant experience using and creating automation scripts for system-related activities, upgrades, and changes to individual or enterprise-wide systems and computers.
Extensive knowledge and experience as a system administrator, server administrator, or in a similar role.
Experience with databases, LAN/WAN networks, and patch management.
Excellent communication skills.
Knowledge and experience in advanced network system design and access technologies.
Ability to analyze, coordinate, and manage multiple technologies and concepts effectively.
Outstanding organizational, technical, and managerial skills, including the ability to formulate, interpret, and integrate complex issues and problems.
Experience in project management and establishing protocols for system development.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field is preferred; extensive experience may be considered instead of a degree and/or certifications.
MCSE, VCA/VCP, or VCAP certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

Administer, configure, monitor, and maintain enterprise storage infrastructure, including SAN, NAS, and storage virtualization technologies.
Manage storage capacity and provision and allocate storage for VMware and physical server environments.
Configure and maintain storage volumes, LUNs, datastores, and RAID configurations.
Monitor storage performance and availability.
Manage storage replication, snapshots, backup integration, data protection, and disaster recovery strategies.
Troubleshoot storage connectivity and performance issues.
Manage storage expansions and migrations.
Plan for future capacity requirements.
Ensure storage systems meet organizational requirements for performance, availability, redundancy, and data integrity.