Healthcare IT Systems Administrator I

The University of Kansas Health System; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System is seeking a System Administrator I for the Broadmoor Campus. This role supports server-level enterprise applications and medical devices, ensuring reliable systems and timely incident resolution in collaboration with hospital teams.

You will maintain documentation, plan upgrades, enforce security, backups, and data integrity, and work with vendors and internal staff to resolve issues within SLAs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Information Science or 2:1 equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a related Information Systems field.
• Master's Degree in Computer and Information Science preferred.

Responsibilities

• System Support: Maintains usable systems for end-users within SLAs.
• System Documentation: Maintains configuration docs, contacts, and knowledge base.
• System Updates: Plans and schedules system upgrades with other teams and vendors.
• System Security: Protects hospital assets and patient data per policies.
• System Integrity/Retention: Verifies logs and data retention per requirements.
• System Backup/Recovery: Ensures backups and DR plans are documented and accessible.
• Data Entry: May enter application data as required, excluding patient health data.
• System Printing: Manages print queues and printing workflows.
• Reporting: Creates, schedules, distributes, and prints reports.
• Interfaces: Designs and supports system interfaces with dedicated interface staff.
• Troubleshooting: Escalates appropriately to resolve issues under pressure.
• Systems/Application Knowledge: SME for assigned systems and data flows.
• Vendor Management: Maintains relationships with vendors and ensures support.
• Technical Foundation: Understands databases, networking, hardware, and OS concepts.
• Systems Analysis and Design: Performs analysis for new system requests.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Information Science

2:1 equivalent experience

Job description

The University of Kansas Health System is seeking a System Administrator I for the Broadmoor Campus. This role supports server-level enterprise applications and medical devices, ensuring reliable systems and timely incident resolution in collaboration with hospital teams.

You will maintain documentation, plan upgrades, enforce security, backups, and data integrity, and work with vendors and internal staff to resolve issues within SLAs.