System Administrator - Full Time

Northeastern Health System; Tahlequah (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeastern Health System is seeking a systems administrator to plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain our server and workstation infrastructure, including virtualization platforms and storage systems. You will work with IT teams to manage group policy, scripts, and update systems, while supporting critical applications such as PACS, Exchange, and RDS.

Ideal candidates have at least 4 years in IT with 2+ years in senior roles, a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and healthcare IT experience is

Qualifications

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 4 years IT experience with 2+ years in senior technical roles.
• Healthcare IT experience preferred.
• Certifications: A+, Network+, MCP, CCNE/CCNA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain server and workstation infrastructure including virtualization platforms.
• Manage group policy, maintenance scripts, monitoring systems, and software update systems.
• Coordinate with IT staff to support PACS, Spark, Exchange, RDS, and print services.
• Configure and maintain server hardware and applications; assist level 1–2 technicians.
• Ensure security and rights on file shares; audit ACLs and manage AD domain services.
• Establish user accounts, storage environments, and perform compliance checks.
• Coordinate hardware/software purchases with vendors and manage RMA processes.
• Attend trainings and conferences to stay updated on new technologies.

Skills

Server administration

Group Policy

Virtualization

Backup and recovery

Security and ACLs

User support

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Active Directory

Exchange

Remote Desktop Services

PKI

WSUS

PACS

Job description

• Job Category IT, Systeam Administrator
• Employee Type Full-Time

Position Summary

Responsible for planning, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining server and workstation infrastructure including virtualization platform(s), network storage systems, and the operating system and application software running on them. Works with IT Tech II personnel to manage group policy, maintenance scripts, monitoring systems, and software update systems. Works with director to plan technology upgrade pathway for compute and storage units based on measured usage.

Position Accountabilities

Maintains established department policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control

standards.

Configures, deploys and maintains new server hardware and applications.

Proactively researches and makes recommendations on server administration tools and monitoring systems.

Assists level 1 and 2 technicians with problems related to server, storage, and virtualization systems.

Provide technical assistance to IT staff and end-users including interpretation of system specifications.

Provide end-user training and support for systems such as PACS, Spark, Exchange, Remote Desktop Services, print services, group policy

management, AD domain services, PKI, and WSUS.

Ensures prompt feedback to helpdesk requests escalated to server administration queue.

Check server backup logs daily to ensure compliance with backup RTO / RPO per application or system. Check backup targets daily for

available space and file-level consistency.

Maintains server data inventory in a format suitable for use in compliance reporting.

Manages security and rights on file shares or domain namespaces. Audits ACLs to ensure appropriate configuration. Provides instruction and

documents processes for proper ACL configuration when necessary.

Establishes and audits user accounts, user storage environments, directories, and security; performs random checks to ensure hospital policies

are followed and reports violations to supervisor or department director.

Advises on purchase of, plan deployment of, and manage virtual resources including host hardware / hypervisor operating system / VM

management system, and access control.

Develops policies and creates knowledge base articles to facilitate IT team operation and maintenance of server infrastructure.

Works with network administrator to manage vendor-specific and server-specific vlans and edge firewalls.

Implements and monitors environmental controls to ensure server rooms are within required temperature and humidity ranges.

Maintains software updates systems for workstations. Reports regularly on update status.

Updates server operating systems as required. Loads and updates server software applications as required.

Works with product vendors to coordinate purchase of hardware and software. Maintains appropriate records, and works with vendors when

necessary for returns / RMA including data sanitization.

Attends technical conferences, classes, and seminars to keep abreast of new software and hardware product developments.

Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings and

workshops.

Attends meetings as required.

Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

Minimum Education- Bachelor’s or equivalent experience

Required Experience- 4 years IT experience, 2+ years in senior technical roles.

Preferred Education- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or previous equivalent experience

Preferred Experience - Healthcare Information Technology

Preferred Certification - A+, Network+, MCP, CCNE / CCNA