Sr Systems Administrator (IT)

2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator (IT)

The DaVita Senior Systems Administrator works in a fast-paced, technology-dependent, security conscious environment. Administrators ensure the effective and efficient delivery of information systems within an ITIL structure. They are responsible for a combination of production support and new project initiatives. Senior Systems Administrators work to maintain a highly available environment in support of a large user community in a multi-platform, multi-location environment. This position requires a high level of experience in enterprise-level operations, organization, excellent communication skills, and the ability to prioritize projects in a dynamic environment. This position will report to the Manager of UNIX Systems.

Primary Duties

• Provide Senior-level support for day-to-day operations as well as guidance on new technologies that advance the capabilities of the Unix Infrastructure team.
• Provides second-level support for incoming tickets for production access, network or performance-related issues.
• Ensure high levels of performance and availability for production Linux environments that run a variety of applications including Oracle and DB2, Application Servers, and a variety of middleware applications.
• Help support Puppet Enterprise managed production systems to automate system maintenance.
• Helps develop, document, and implement operating standards.
• Create and maintain procedures and system runbooks within a Wiki structure, learning from other administrators as well as sharing knowledge.
• Coordinating the installation and configuration of new hardware.
• Participate in the full lifecycle of a system during the planning, build, administration and maintenance, and eventual decommission.
• Audit and remediate OS related security issues, as well as a patching schedule.
• Aids in installation of applications as required by development and application teams.
• Participate in new technology reviews.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Here is what you can expect when you join our Village: 

• A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.
• Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
• Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential.
• Performance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions.
• A comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future.
• Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• College degree in computer science or equivalent education and experience
• 8+ years’ experience with AIX and/or Linux (RedHat and variants strongly preferred) in a highly-available production environment.
• Advanced shell scripting and/or Perl skills for system administration, monitoring, maintenance, and service delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with technological leaders from multiple disciplines.
• Deep experience with troubleshooting enterprise Unix system problems including network connectivity, fiber channel connectivity, database and application issues in a highly complex production environment.
• Experience with the planning and implementation of highly complex projects that affect multiple technological disciplines. 
• Advanced knowledge of physical and virtualized Unix operations in an enterprise environment, automated service delivery technology and methodologies, and security practices.

PREFERRED:

• Experience with performance tuning for a variety of enterprise applications such as databases and middleware applications running on Linux in a highly available production environment.
• Understanding of Storage Area Networks (Brocade switches, IBM Storage Virtualization and SAN systems, PureStorage systems)
• Working Knowledge of Infrastructure Security best practices
• Experience with enterprise systems management tools, HPSA, Puppet
• Working Knowledge of Samba or GPFS
• Disaster Recovery process review and testing

ESSENTIAL BEHAVIORS, SKILLS, AND ATTITUDES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESS IN THIS POSITION

Commitment to DaVita’s values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment and Fun with ability to demonstrate those positively and proactively to patients, teammates, management, physicians, and/or vendors (Village Service Partners) in everyday performance and interactions

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent in the written and verbal skills necessary to perform successfully the essential functions, duties, and responsibilities of the position.
 

Vision requirements

Vision adequate to perform essential duties and responsibilities of position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical requirements can vary. These must be reviewed with management. However, in general, the position requires the following physical activities:

Ability to lift minimum of 10 pounds to a maximum of 80 pounds unassisted; able to perform repetitive standing, sitting, stooping, walking, stretching, reaching, lifting, and use full range of body motions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

Level III - Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)

No required tasks involve greater exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues than would be encountered by a visitor. The normal work routine involves no exposure to blood, body fluids or other hazardous conditions.

About Information Technology

The Information Technology Department designs, develops and maintains software programs required to keep DaVita on the leading edge of medical technology. DaVita's Information Technology Department has both clinic facing and non-clinic facing subgroups that provide our clinician teammates the tools to provide quality patient care. DaVita IT utilizes designers, developers, system architects, project managers, application architects, nurses, trainers and many more professionals to incorporate the technology needs of our clinicians, business and physician customers.

Join us as we pursue our vision "To Build the Greatest Healthcare Community the World has Ever Seen."

What We’ll Provide:

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more

• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

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Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Salary/ Wage Range

$75,200.00 - $110,400.00 / year

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.