System Engineer

VITAS Healthcare; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VITAS Healthcare is seeking a systems engineer to assess, design, and upgrade IT systems, ensuring reliability and scalability across platforms. The role involves maintaining virtualized environments, scripting for automation, and collaboration with diverse IT teams.

The ideal candidate will have strong PowerShell and Linux scripting skills, experience with M365/Azure, networking, and a proactive mindset for security and backup planning.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in system engineering or network administration.
• Scripting required in Windows PowerShell and Linux shell.
• Ability to script in Python, JavaScript or similar languages.
• Experience with M365 administration (Azure).
• Strong networking knowledge (LAN/WAN/TCP/IP).
• Experience with Windows updates and patch management automation (Ivanti).
• Knowledge of system security and data backup/recovery.
• Familiarity with Linux and other OS platforms.
• Kubernetes experience is a strong plus.
• Able to be on-call during rotation.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess systems, identify problems, and design and upgrade solutions.
• Maintain systems and drive future improvement brainstorming.
• Engage in project tasks including system design, resiliency, and scalability.
• Support VMware stack and IT initiatives for operations.
• Monitor performance events for VMs, containers, and hardware.
• Maintain VMs, container clusters, and container services.
• Review security events with the data-center security team as needed.
• Manage virtual and data storage, backups, and data replication.
• Create PowerShell and Linux scripts to assist other teams.
• Develop API-based automation to reduce repetitive tasks.
• Operate and administer Kubernetes clusters and Microsoft Cloud (M365/Azure).
• Maintain Windows update lists via automation tools (Ivanti).
• Review and escalate actionable log events to prevent downtime.
• Collaborate with IT teams, vendors, and staff during projects.

Skills

PowerShell

Linux shell

Python

JavaScript

M365/Azure

Networking

Patch management (Ivanti)

Security & backups

Linux familiarity

Kubernetes

On-call readiness

Communications

Education

B.S./B.A. in IT or Computer Science

Tools

Ivanti

Azure/M365

Linux

Windows

Kubernetes

Job description

Responsible for assessing systems, determining problems, providing solutions to issues that arise, designing systems, upgrading systems, maintaining systems and brainstorming possible improvement that can be made to a system in the future.

• Engage in project related task assisting but no limited to system design and architecture, system resiliency, scalability while maintaining case of maintenance and low complexity.
• VMWare stack maintenance and project support for the direct assistance of VITAS IT initiatives and operations.
• Direct responsibility to monitor and respond to performance events (downtime, degradation, optimization, etc.) of virtual machines, containers and underlying hardware.
• Direct responsibility to maintain (add/remove/edits) of virtual machines, container clusters, container services, etc.
• Direct responsibility to review security events with regards to data-center services and engage with the security team when action is needed.
• Management (creation/removal) of resources related virtual storage, secondary storage, data replication services, backups, etc.
• Creation of AD related PowerShell and Linux shell scripts to assist other teams in the enterprise.
• When needed, create API based automation scripts to reduce repetitive system administration work items.
• Assist in the operation, maintenance and administration on Kubernetes clusters and Microsoft Cloud Administration (M365 and Azure).
• Responsible to maintain server OS Windows updates list via automation tool (Ivanti Preferred).
• Responsible to review, respond or elevate actionable log events from data-center servers to prevent downtime.
• Collaborating with a variety of people, such as IT teams members, vendors, management and other supporting staff during the creation and maintenance of a system or execution of projects.
• Creating control features to ensure systems effectively meet the organizations quality standards.
• Engaging in quality control procedures to ensure that systems are efficient and operational.
• Developing a cost-efficient system for projects by performing a cost-benefit analysis.
• Performs related duties as required. This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Experience

• Proven experience as a system engineer, network administrator or similar role, with a minimum of 4 years' practicing directly in related positions.
• Experience with scripting including proficiency in Windows PowerShell and Linux shell scripting is a must.
• Strongly recommend: Ability to create scripts in Python, JavaScript or other programming languages.
• Experience with M365 administration (M365/Azure).
• In depth knowledge of networking (LAN, WAN, TCP/IP stack)
• Hands on experience on Windows updates and patch management automation tools (Ivanti preferred).
• Knowledge of system security (e.g. intrusion detection systems) and data backup/recovery.
• Familiarity with various operating systems and platforms including Linux.
• Kubernetes experience is a strong plus.
• Ability to be on-call on a calendar rotation.
• Resourcefulness and problem-solving aptitude.
• Excellent communications skills

Education

BS/BA in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline.

Certification & Licensure

Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) is a plus.

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.