Senior Systems Administrator - Healthcare IT & Security

Position Summary

Healthcare IT provides and manages a comprehensive suite of technology services, infrastructure, healthcare systems, and specialized medical equipment that support UHS and Recreational Sports operations. Responsibilities include managing EHR and practice management systems, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, and medical imaging systems, as well as maintaining more than 50 physical and virtual servers that process highly‑sensitive data for the campus community.

• Defines, designs and implements systems, services and technology solutions. Proposes and implements system or device enhancements such as software, hardware and network configuration, updates and installations for projects or services of moderately complex scope. Helps develop and implement network security programs for the extended healthcare network at Tang, Recreational Sports, and remote sites around campus; installs and configures network equipment and components and has some oversight over edge switches, VLANs, network segmentation, and complex port security protocols;
  
  helps implement new next‑generation firewall equipment, end‑point protection tools, and other network security platforms.
• Proposes and implements highly complex system enhancements (software and hardware updates) that will improve the performance and reliability of the system. Monitors critical healthcare systems for performance, reliability, security, and implements appropriate updates, patches, and system changes as needed. Evaluates new system management tools and services and leads efforts to upgrade or replace systems when appropriate.
• Has some oversight and supports centralized computer servers and makes recommendations for purchase or upgrade of new computer hardware. Evaluates servers, workstations, management tools, and other core systems and recommends purchase of new systems or major upgrades or replacements to existing systems, servers, network equipment, and peripherals.
• Analyzes, acquires, installs, modifies and supports operating systems, databases, utilities and Internet/intranet‑related tools. Performs complex and advanced analysis techniques to monitor and support critical systems and server infrastructure, database applications, software applications, file servers, network operations, etc.
• Applies advanced systems/infrastructure concepts to operate the campus' internal data communications systems, including LANs and WANs. Performs moderately advanced network administration and complex security controls to protect the network and sensitive health data. Controls include advanced firewall rule ACL management; VPN, VLAN segmentation, network access controls, network logging, web filtering, web traffic analysis, etc.
• Executes security controls to prevent hackers from infiltrating campus information. Implements significant and highly complex security controls at all layers of the infrastructure to protect highly sensitive data; implements HIPAA security controls and performs regular HIPAA risk analysis audits to ensure appropriate controls are in place to meet HIPAA compliance requirements.
• Conducts highly complex systems programming and systems support activities. Develops complex scripts and programming activities to help manage a highly interconnected system environment.
• Contributes complex systems knowledge to planning, designing and implementing networked systems. Works with the Network Operations Team to design, configure, and manage healthcare networks with additional security controls beyond the campus standard.
• Administers security policies to control access to systems. Has some oversight of complex Group Policy rules for the extended healthcare network of computers, servers, and users to control access to critical systems with health data. Manages groups and policies for these groups; supports an extensive account management and access control system for authentication and system authorization, ensuring access to healthcare systems and data is highly controlled, tracked, logged, and auditable.
• Interacts with senior internal and external personnel. Participates on a team of systems/infrastructure professionals. Works…