Sr. Manager, IT Systems Engineer

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Full Time San Diego, CA, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Are you interested in harnessing technology and AI to transform healthcare?

At Xi Fin , we believe a healthier, more efficient healthcare system starts with strong financial and operational foundations. Our innovative technologies help diagnostic providers, laboratories, and healthcare systems manage complexity, drive better outcomes, and stay focused on what matters most:
patient care
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We’re on a mission to simplify the business side of healthcare and we know that mission takes people from all backgrounds and experiences. Whether you’re early in your career or bringing years of expertise, we welcome your perspective, your curiosity, and your passion. We value individuals who ask questions, challenge the status quo, and want to grow while making a real difference.

The Sr. Manager, IT Systems Engineering leads the team responsible for designing, securing, automating, and operating XiFin’s enterprise infrastructure supporting healthcare SaaS platforms.

This role combines technical expertise with people leadership across Linux systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, automation, container platforms, and infrastructure operations. You will establish the infrastructure roadmap, build a high-performing engineering team, and partner with Engineering, Dev Ops, Security, Product Development, and IT leadership to deliver scalable and reliable platforms.

The ideal candidate is an experienced infrastructure leader who remains technically engaged and is passionate about automation, modernization, and building resilient infrastructure across on-premise datacenters and cloud environments including Microsoft Azure and AWS.

This position will be located at our offices in San Diego, CA.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for the following areas:

• Provide strategic leadership for the IT Systems Engineering organization by establishing the technology roadmap supporting XiFin's business objectives and SaaS platform growth.
• Responsible for the hiring, training and professional development of a high-performing Systems Engineering team; establish clear performance expectations, accountability, and career development plans while fostering a culture of innovation, and continuous learning.
• Partner with Engineering, Dev Ops, Security, Product Development, and IT leadership to prioritize initiatives, align infrastructure investments, and ensure technology decisions support business and customer needs.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices across the organization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending investments that improve scalability, reliability, security, operational efficiency, and long-term platform sustainability.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues and major incidents.

• Lead the architecture, implementation, and lifecycle management of Linux-based infrastructure supporting XiFin’s SaaS platforms.
• Oversee secure, scalable infrastructure solutions across physical datacenters and cloud environments including Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Ansible, Terraform, Git, Git Hub Actions, Kubernetes, Docker, and AKS.
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with enterprise security standards including NIST, HITRUST, and CIS Benchmarks.
• Establish architecture standards and technical governance across infrastructure platforms.

• Own the availability, reliability, and operational maturity of XiFin’s infrastructure environment.
• Establish monitoring, operational metrics, and processes to improve system performance and proactively identify risks.
• Oversee infrastructure documentation, policies, disaster recovery, backup strategies, capacity planning, and lifecycle management.
• Lead major incident response efforts, root cause analysis, and…