Sr Systems Administrator-Tech Ops

Temple Health – Temple University Health System; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Temple Health is seeking an experienced Sr Systems Administrator to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our enterprise monitoring capabilities, emphasizing Zabbix and observability to enhance visibility, alerting, and rapid response across infrastructure and applications.

The role requires strong collaboration across Infrastructure, Network, Application, Security and Service Management teams to define standards, implement monitoring strategies, and reduce alert fatigue.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• 5 years IT technical support experience required.
• 3+ years implementing and supporting infrastructure monitoring platforms.
• 2+ years Unix/Linux administration preferred.
• 1+ year healthcare or hospital environment preferred.
• Zabbix certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise monitoring solutions.
• Develop monitoring standards, alerting strategies, dashboards, and reporting.
• Improve service visibility while minimizing false positives and alert fatigue.
• Support proactive monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Network, Application, Security, and Service Management teams to implement monitoring requirements.
• Analyze performance trends and identify opportunities for service improvement. Maintain monitoring documentation, standards, and operational procedures.

Skills

Monitoring

Observability

Data analysis

Alert management

Infrastructure operations

Systems administration

Healthcare IT

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Education alternatives considered

Tools

Zabbix

Monitoring tools

Job description

Temple Health is seeking an experienced Sr Systems Administrator to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our enterprise monitoring capabilities. This role will serve as the technical lead for monitoring and observability initiatives, leveraging Zabbix and related technologies to improve visibility, alerting, and operational responsiveness across infrastructure and application environments.

The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in monitoring technologies, observability, data analysis, alert management, infrastructure operations, and systems administration, along with a collaborative approach to driving operational excellence and continuous improvement.

This role requires three days on-site (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) at Temple Health Women's and Families Hospital.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise monitoring solutions.
• Develop monitoring standards, alerting strategies, dashboards, and reporting.
• Improve service visibility while minimizing false positives and alert fatigue.
• Support proactive monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Network, Application, Security, and Service Management teams to implement monitoring requirements. Analyze performance trends and identify opportunities for service improvement. Maintain monitoring documentation, standards, and operational procedures. Evaluate and recommend enhancements to the enterprise monitoring framework.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field Required or
• Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree Required

Experience

• 5 years experience with IT technical support Required
• 5 Years Experience With IT Infrastructure Support Required
• 3+ years of direct experience implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure monitoring platforms
• 2+ years of Unix/Linux administration experience Preferred
• 1+ year of experience working in a healthcare or hospital environment Preferred

Licenses

• Zabbix Certified Specialist (ZCS) Preferred
• Zabbix Certified Professional (ZCP) Preferred