Senior Systems Programmer - RemoteLouisville, Kentucky

LifePoint Health has an oppurtunity for a Senior Systems Programmer - Remote 

This position is responsible for contributing to and performing tasks within assigned ITS departmental areas in support of LifePoint’s Operating Systems, Infrastructure, and middleware, and which meet ITS/ Business expectations, and Customer Service Level Agreements. Serves on projects that require the department’s involvement. Provides departmental education and guidance to less experienced team members.

Essential Functions:

• Participates and manages departmental projects, ensuring that projects are clearly defined, systematically executed, fully documented, and business results oriented. Adherence to Project Management processes and standards within LifePoint are required.
• Understand and follow current client and application virtualization process and procedures.
• Executes defined migration strategies to move from the current technical platforms to the future technical architecture.
• Participates in the testing of the design or selection of new systems and technical infrastructure projects.
• Supports/contributes/performs operational procedures and standards within assigned department with business objectives in mind, according to vendor best practices.
• Certifies, installs, configures, and/or maintains LifePoint Windows server operating systems, infrastructure, and middleware.
• Provides 24/7 on call support and basic triage for the assigned department areas.
• Defines configuration specifications for new systems given application, business, and technical requirements.
• Utilizes problem management techniques to perform root cause analysis of system failures, and implement corrective actions.
• Measures application, OS, and hardware performance, and makes recommendations on correcting bottlenecks in systems performance.
• Communicates and documents LifePoint operating system, infrastructure and middleware issues within assigned departmental areas.
• Adapts and quickly assimilates new and refreshed operating systems/applications as implemented within the LifePoint ITS Data Center.
• Conducts technical evaluations within assigned departmental areas.
• Solicits feedback and guidance of best practices from manager and senior department team members.
• Serves as coach, mentor, and advisor to less senior department team members.
• Continually enhances knowledge of IT Operating Systems and LifePoint standards to achieve departmental success and professional growth.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• VCP or VCA Certification – preferred
• Proven knowledge of VMWare EUC technologies: Horizon, App Volumes, DEM, Workspace ONE.
• Knowledge and experience with Windows server operating systems, infrastructure and middleware.
• Solid background with Active Directory Group Policy Management.
• Experience with overall infrastructure components. (Network/Storage/Compute).
• Experience with automation/scripting, PowerShell preferred.
• Experience with NetScaler.
• Experience with automation/scripting, PowerShell preferred.
• Competent in providing direction and education on departmental procedures/policies/standards to less experienced departmental team members.
• Ability to work independently and medium sized projects with minimal supervision.
• Able to understand LifePoint's Information System strategy and how it supports the business strategy.
• Comprehends and can articulate fundamental concepts and terms related to IT operating systems, infrastructure and middleware.
• Ability to relate complex IT concepts and procedures to less technical team members.
• Required support experience and/or current working knowledge in the following areas:
  • Windows server operating system’s (Server 2016, 2019)
  • VMware Horizon 8.x
  • App Volumes 4.x
  • DEM
  • Workspace ONE
  • NetScaler
  • Active Directory
  • Troubleshooting client server issues in a distributed environment.