IT System Administrator Lvl 3

Huntsville Hospital; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Huntsville Hospital seeks a seasoned System Administrator to provide 7x24x365 support for enterprise servers, storage, and networking. You will organize deliverables, monitor performance, and serve as escalation point for Level 1 and 2 staff.

You will design and document architectures, manage backups, disaster recovery testing, and lead staff training. Experience with VMware, Windows/Linux multi-server environments, SANs, and complex topology is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in computer science or related field; extensive experience may be considered.
• MCSE, VCA/VCP, or VCAP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide 7x24x365 support for data, image, and video network systems at service levels.
• Escalation point for Level 1 and 2 System Administrators; mentor staff.
• Document physical and logical layouts, architecture standards, and server builds.
• Train staff on new technologies; maintain internal IT policies and wiki.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and manage disaster recovery/business continuity testing and design.
• Manage servers, install/configure software and hardware, and ensure security and backups.

Skills

multi-server networking

VMware

mission critical systems

network topology documentation

disaster recovery

communication skills

multi-technology coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

MCSE, VCA/VCP, or VCAP preferred

Tools

VMware

Windows Server

Linux

SAN

Backup solutions

Job description

Provide 7x24x365 support to the organization.Organize and plan deliverables to insure that all data, image, and video network systems are maintained at appropriate service levels. Act as an escalation point for Level 1 and 2 System Administrators. Provides network expertise and guidance in the areas of research, evaluation, selection, development, implementation, and support. Responsible for documentation of physical and logical layouts, standards in architecture, and standards for builds of file servers, application servers, and database servers across the enterprise. Responsible for training and mentoring support staff in current technologies being implemented across the enterprise. Responsible for monitoring and troubleshooting of enterprise servers. Responsible for working with and leading disaster recovery and business continuity testing and design.Manage, organize, and prioritize project and work load. Maintain, upgrade and manage server operating systems, software, hardware and servers. Install and configure software and hardware. Manage network servers and technology tools. Monitor performance and maintain systems according to requirements. Troubleshoot issues and outages. Ensure security through access controls, and backups. Develop expertise to train staff on new technologies, maintain internal wiki with technical documentation, manuals and IT policies. Mentor junior staff members and train them in work practices and tools.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree preferred in computer science or related field. Extensive experience may be considered in lieu of degree and/or certifications

MCSE, VCA/VCP, or VCAP preferred

Additional Skills/Abilities

• 5 to 8 years’ experience in a Microsoft, Linux multi-server networking environment
• 5 to 8 years’ experience installing and supporting VMware
• Experience working with multiple domains with mission critical systems
• Experience working in a large multi-facility team environment
• Extensive in the documentation of network topology and diagramming, installation guidelines and troubleshooting documentation
• Experience in the set up and configuration of file servers, clustering devices, operating systems and applications.
• Significant experience in installation, maintenance and support of high availability systems
• Experience working in and a thorough understanding of SAN environments
• Extensive experiencing working with and maintaining enterprise backup solutions
• Experience in the design and workings of disaster recovery-business continuity strategieSignificant experiencing using and creating automations scripts for any number of system related activities, upgrades, or changes to individual or enterprise wide systems and computers
• Extensive knowledge and experience as a System Administrator, Server administrator or similar role
• Experience with databases, networks (LAN, WAN) and patch management
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge and experience in advanced network system design and access technologies.
• Ability to analyze, coordinate, and manage multiple technologies and concepts effectively
• Outstanding organizational, technical and managerial skills to creatively formulate, interpret, and integrate a large number of complex issues and problems
• Experienced in project management and establishing protocols for system development

About Us

Build your career with us

At Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children and Madison Hospital, you’ll find meaningful work, supportive teams and opportunities to grow within a locally governed, nonprofit health system committed to the communities we serve. Our workplace culture has earned national recognition, including Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care 2026 and Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Employers 2025.

Huntsville Hospital is the region’s primary referral center for advanced and specialty care, home to a specialized Orthopedic & Spine Tower, a Level III Regional Neonatal ICU and North Alabama’s Level I Trauma Center. Together, our three Madison County hospitals have 971 licensed beds and offer career opportunities across a wide range of specialties and care settings.

Employees have access to continuing education, Shared Governance, Clinical Ladder, Nurse Residency, tuition assistance, child care, wellness resources, an on-site employee pharmacy and health clinic, and more. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a partner in the U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) Program.

Huntsville Hospital Benefits

We are committed to providing competitive benefits. Our benefits package for eligible employees includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending; short term and long term disability; several retirement account options with 401K organization match; nurse residency program; tuition assistance; student loan reimbursement; On-site training and education opportunities; Employee Discounts to phone providers, local restaurants, tickets to shows, apartment application and much more!

Learn More About Huntsville Hospital Health System

• Careers: https://careers.hhsys.org/careers-home
• Benefits: https://careers.hhsys.org/why-hh-health/benefits/benefits-at-huntsville-hospital/
• Education & Professional Development: https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/education
• Life In Huntsville: https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/about-huntsville-al