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Organization:
SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-ValleyPosition Overview:
Leads the Cloud Platform Architecture, Microsoft 365, and Infrastructure Engineering functions responsible for delivering secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology platforms. Provides technical and people leadership across cloud infrastructure, modern workplace technologies, automation, architecture, governance, and operational excellence. Partners with business, security, finance, architecture, and engineering teams to align infrastructure investments with organizational strategy while developing a high-performing engineering culture.Job Description:
EDUCATION:
Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
Bachelor's: Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
8 years recent relevant experience
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
Experience designing, implementing, and managing public cloud, hybrid cloud, and Microsoft 365 environments.
Strong knowledge of architectural standards, reference architectures, governance frameworks, and engineering best practices.
Proven experience leading infrastructure modernization initiatives, including automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), platform engineering, and cloud-native technologies.
Demonstrated ability to design and support resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure solutions aligned with industry best practices.
Experience collaborating with cybersecurity, networking, data, and application teams to deliver integrated enterprise technology solutions.
Experience leading and supporting Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform, and identity management integrations.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 modernization initiatives focused on enhancing collaboration, security, compliance, and end-user experience.
Experience developing and implementing governance frameworks for collaboration platforms, data protection, information lifecycle management, external sharing, and AI-enabled technologies.
Familiarity with Microsoft 365 security, compliance, and data governance best practices.Demonstrated ability to drive adoption and organizational utilization of emerging Microsoft technologies and cloud-based productivity solutions.
Strong understanding of change management, user adoption strategies, and digital workplace transformation initiatives.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to align Microsoft 365 capabilities with business objectives and operational needs.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
Advanced knowledge of implementing sophisticated technology to support a large, complex, and geographically diverse multi-entity business.
Analyze information, problems, situations, practices, and procedures in order to identify relevant concerns and factors.
Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with clients, IS team members, management, and executive personnel/staff.
Demonstrated managerial and organizational skills to articulate the value of plans and strategies, and assemble consensus across all levels of Sutter Health.
Verbal and writing skills to effectively communicate with diverse groups such as: executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Sound understanding of healthcare operations including: hospitals, clinics, medical offices, and IS needs.
Demonstrated ability to build and lead teams committed to carrying out initiatives in environments that may be resistant to change.
Proven ability to align strategic planning, budget preparation, resource management, and performance monitoring into an actionable technology plan capable of delivering desired results.
Encourage individuals either in a one-to-one or small group situation in order to establish rapport and gain the trust of others or to listen perceptively and convey awareness.
These Principal Accountabilities, Requirements and Qualifications are not exhaustive, but are merely the most descriptive of the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, staff changes, workload, or technical development).
Job Shift:
DaysSchedule:
Full TimeDays of the Week:
Monday - FridayWeekend Requirements:
As NeededBenefits:
YesUnions:
NoPosition Status:
ExemptWeekly Hours:
40Employee Status:
RegularSutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $181,875.20 to $291,012.80 / annual salaryThe compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may substitute
- Eight years of recent relevant experience
- Experience designing, implementing, and managing public cloud, hybrid cloud, and Microsoft 365 environments
- Experience with cloud architecture standards, reference architectures, governance frameworks, and engineering best practices
- Experience leading infrastructure modernization, automation, Infrastructure as Code, platform engineering, and cloud-native initiatives
- Experience designing and supporting resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure solutions
- Experience collaborating with cybersecurity, networking, data, and application teams
- Experience leading Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Copilot, Power Platform, and identity integrations
- Experience developing governance for collaboration platforms, data protection, information lifecycle management, external sharing, and AI-enabled technologies
- Experience with Microsoft 365 security, compliance, data governance, change management, user adoption, and digital workplace transformation
- Advanced knowledge of sophisticated technology implementations supporting large, complex, geographically diverse organizations
- Managerial, organizational, communication, team leadership, strategic planning, budgeting, resource management, and performance monitoring skills
- Understanding of healthcare operations, including hospitals, clinics, medical offices, and information systems needs
Sutter Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sutter Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Sutter Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with broad networks and strong wellness support. Family coverage is characterized as low-cost or nearly free in some plan options, reinforcing perceived value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include employer matching and, in some cases, a pension after a tenure threshold. Supplemental protections like life and disability insurance add to the overall financial security package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is framed as generous, with examples of sizable PTO allotments early in tenure. Additional supports such as flexible scheduling and leave programs contribute to a sense of time-off breadth.
Sutter Health Insights
What We Do
Sutter Health is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit healthcare networks, which includes award-winning physician organizations, acute care hospitals, surgery centers, medical research facilities and specialty services. Our team of 68,000 doctors, employees and volunteers proudly cares for Northern California. Our facilities and care centers are located in large, urban cities and small, rural communities, from the Pacific Coast to the San Joaquin Valley. You’ll find us in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, the snowy mountains of the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, Yosemite and the coastal redwoods. We even have an affiliate in Hawaii. Join us and be part of a dedicated group of professionals committed to putting patients’ needs first and achieving the highest levels of quality, access and affordability.








