Sr. Systems Engineer

Position Summary

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.
• 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.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. Base Pay Range: $110,400 - $184,000. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long‑term incentive opportunities may be offered.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category.

McKesson welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation please contact us by sending an email to Disabili