Sr. Systems Engineer

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

Cover My Meds  is a leading healthcare technology company dedicated to helping patients get the medications they need more easily and efficiently. Through innovative platforms and collaborative partnerships, we remove barriers in the prescription process, making healthcare simpler and more accessible for everyone.

We’re looking for an Application Support Engineer to support and enhance our on‑premise and cloud applications, ensuring reliable delivery, performance, and availability across our platforms.

In this role, you’ll lead technical efforts to maintain, improve, and troubleshoot application services while mentoring teammates and driving operational excellence.

• Serve as a team leader and mentor.
• Design strategies to improve application availability, performance, and overall system health.
• Diagnose and resolve complex application issues.
• Perform root‑cause analysis and implement long‑term fixes.
• Identify and resolve recurring incidents to reduce mean time to resolution.
• Support application deployments and Dev Ops workflows.
• Create and refine processes to meet SLO/SLA targets.
• Develop, maintain, and automate Disaster Recovery documentation.
• Manage application‑related data tasks, including SQL queries, stored procedures, and jobs.
• Participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation.
• Provide documentation and evidence for annual audits.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no sponsorship available).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; typically 4+ years of relevant work experience.

• Able to work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• 4‑7+ years with Windows Server administration.
• 4‑7+ years supporting both fat‑client and web applications on Windows Server with SQL Server backends.
• 3+ years supporting system integrations (web services/APIs on IIS).
• 3+ years with automated build/provisioning processes.
• Scripting experience (Power Shell, Python, etc.) for application or cloud automation.
• 2+ years writing T‑SQL and updating stored procedures.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze complex systems with high attention to detail.
• Experience with public cloud providers (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Virtualization experience (VMware, Citrix).
• Familiarity with IT monitoring (Solarwinds, Logic Monitor) and APM tools (Datadog, Dynatrace).
• Experience with Dev Ops tools (Jenkins, Git, Rundeck, Terraform).
• Inclusive, team‑focused leadership mindset.
• Cloud certification strongly preferred.

$110,400 - $184,000

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package as part of our Total Rewards. The pay range shown is aligned with McKesson’s pay philosophy and will always comply with applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long‑term incentive opportunities, may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please .

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