Systems Engineer II - Microsoft Platform

nshs; Skokie (IL); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Endeavor Health is seeking a Systems Engineer II for Microsoft Platform Engineering in Skokie, IL. The role involves maintaining and upgrading our software, platforms, infrastructure, and devices to support core business functions.

You will collaborate with a team of engineers to ensure integration across systems, plan deployments, and optimize performance and security across environments. This is a hybrid, full-time position with local travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, expands, or upgrades Endeavor Health software, platforms, infrastructure and devices.
• Collaborates with Systems Engineers and Architects to ensure proper interaction across infrastructure; considers performance and data conversion impacts.
• Develops and maintains environments to meet business function and performance requirements.

Job description

Hourly Pay Range:

$41.64 - $64.54 - The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors.

Position Highlights:

Position: Systems Engineer II - Microsoft Platform Engineering

Location: Skokie, IL

Full Time

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Hybrid Position

Required Travel: local travel to other corporate sites will be required as needed (Arlington Heights, Warrenville)

Job Summary:

The Microsoft Platform Engineer's role is to ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house information systems that support core organizational functions. This is achieved through researching, designing, building, configuring, testing, deploying, analyzing, administering, and maintaining/supporting environments and hardware, infrastructure and software platforms, and software technology components to meet current and future business needs for their specific technology portfolio. The Microsoft Platform Engineer will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues in order to maximize the benefit of IT systems investments.

The Microsoft Platform Engineer is responsible to researching, designing, building and planning as well as maintaining capabilities and executing on projects related to systems analysis, integration and support, scripting, developing solutions to support hardware, infrastructure, and software platforms and software technology components. The Microsoft Platform Engineer utilizes advanced systems, scripting and developer skills to execute project work related to analysis, integration, and resolution of moderately to highly complex incidents and problems affecting production systems and multiple applications. This role also helps lead the definition and update of items in the configuration management plan. Designs information systems that are appropriate for users' needs and consistent with the overall design of the organization's information systems architecture.

The Microsoft Platform Engineer leads aspects of the implementation and design of hardware and software platforms and solutions, developing designs to address business requirements, ensuring system scalability, security, performance and reliability. Will typically work on more complex and larger impact projects and will be expected to design highly optimal systems and processes as a result of broader and deeper experience. Possesses the ability to analyze and troubleshoot issues independently as well as coach other team members. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

What you will do:

Executes on objectives related to the on-going maintenance, expansion or upgrade of Endeavor Health's software, platforms, infrastructure and devices within Endeavor Health. Collaborates with other Systems Engineers and Architects to ensure that modified hardware and software interacts appropriately across infrastructure and platforms; performance and data conversion impacts are considered; environments are developed and maintained, and other areas of impact are addressed and meet business function and performance requirements.

Leads and works on technology initiatives within their span of control and portfolio with minimal direction and support, accomplishing critical milestones and apply changes to and using the technology within their span of control. Demonstrates high degree of proficiency in the platform as it applies their technology portfolio and work assignments.

Leads complex, hardware and software technology component analysis, and evaluation on resource requirements necessary to maintain/expand service levels or tune hardware and software infrastructure components for optimum performance.

Installs new software releases and system upgrades, evaluates and installs patches, and resolves software related problems. Patching is inclusive of assessing security patches based on criticality and enterprise impact.

Supports the software, platforms, devices and infrastructure within Endeavor Health by addressing inquiries, reported issues and problems.

Manages, troubleshoots and resolves alerts and tickets in accordance with detailed documentation from a moderate to high complexity in nature. Identifies tickets/incidents that need to be escalated to leadership with appropriate work documented and transition. Provides hardware break/fix resolution while working with associated vendors. Performs On-call rotational duties by providing off hour support to supported platforms, software and infrastructure through response to inquiries, reported issues and problems from the End User Community as well as items escalated through system monitoring tooling and other IT Engineering and Application Teams.

Leads efforts on maintaining operational security through reporting and communication of security breaches or concerns as well as deriving the security remediation tasks necessary for their appropriate