IT Systems Engineer - CommonSpirit Health

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

We are seeking a highly skilled IT Systems Engineer with expertise in data center networking. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and optimizing our data center infrastructure to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance. This role requires strong technical acumen, hands-on experience with ACI, and a solid understanding of modern networking principles in enterprise environments. The candidate will work with cross-functional teams to support infrastructure as code (IaC) initiatives and automate network provisioning using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Python, collaborate with other IT teams to integrate ACI with on-prem and cloud solutions, and provide input into the development of pre-production environments for testing and automation.

• Provides evaluation and implementation services for existing and new products, technologies and solutions to address corporate business requirements.
• Works beyond the routine utilizing specialized knowledge and analysis of multiple variables.
• Has a comprehensive understanding and skill sets for supported platforms/products and environments.
• Project assignments can be large in scope but are typically of medium complexity.
• Provide exceptional customer service to CommonSpirit end users, Business Stakeholders and other members of CommonSpirit IT.
• Participate in projects associated with the enhancement, upgrade or implementation of new or existing technology solutions.

• Assist with strategic planning activities (capacity planning, process improvement, maintenance, upgrade and end-of-life planning, roadmap development)
• Identify automation opportunities and implement scripted solutions.
• Identify technical innovation and process improvement opportunities.
• Assist with the implementation of a comprehensive and ongoing release management and planning effort.
• Utilize standard tools and methodology to develop systems and support performance metrics.
• Perform technical mentoring and cross training with other team members.
• Demonstrate a basic knowledge & expertise with CommonSpirit business processes and routines.
• Remote eligible.

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

• BA or BS in Computer Science, Technology, or Business discipline or equivalent experience is required.
• 3-7 years of professional experience in an IT technical or infrastructure field is required.
• 2 + years’ experience working in a large complex networking environment is required
• Ability to develop and organize written documentation and procedures is required.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in determining work and problem resolution priorities and approaches.
• Strong conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced work environment.
• Team player will work close in team environment
• Established understanding of common operating systems Windows, Linux
• Established understanding of Infrastructure and relative technologies.
• Established understanding of network connectivity and protocols.