Job Description
Job Description:
Summary:
This role provides the vision, strategy, functionality, and technology solutions for creating and maintaining distributed platforms for both public and private cloud infrastructure-based solutions. This entails the design and use of flexible platforms that deliver features, functionality, and services compatible with industry-leading providers while allowing legacy systems to interact safely when required. This position requires the necessary skills to provide technology research, evaluation, development, and delivery in support of infrastructure deployment solution lifecycles.
This position collaborates with the Information Technology teams to lead the organization toward the deployment of technologies that may include PaaS, SaaS, hosted, and on-premises solutions - which will allow for flexible, secure, on-demand cloud-like functionality and services while endeavoring to provide resiliency and achieve cost reduction, while maintaining a highly secure and flexible environment.
Essential Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
Level I:
•\tActs as a high level escalation tier for operational support in assigned technical areas.
•\tConducts proof-of-concept testing in a lab environment.
•\tCreates infrastructure design documents to outline production deployments.
•\tCreates, updates, and maintains supporting documentation for technology standards.
•\tDeploys new technology to production environment.
•\tDesigns infrastructure solutions to support business requirements.
•\tEnsures assigned technologies are in alignment with the business.
•\tResearches and implements hybrid cloud technology.
•\tSupports high-level strategy for enterprise server environment.
•\tWorks directly with business stakeholders to gather IT infrastructure requirements.
•\tWorks with technology vendors and technical SMEs to produce corporate standards with regards to assigned technology areas
•\tIntegrates multiple systems and/or technologies.
•\tActs as a team player with a high level of interpersonal skills.
•\tRegular reliable attendance is expected and required.
•\tConsistently demonstrates high standards of integrity by supporting the Lifetime Healthcare Companies' mission and values, adhering to the Corporate Code of Conduct, and leading to the Lifetime Way values and beliefs.
•\tExecutes good judgment and demonstrates personal accountability.
•\tMaintains high regard for member privacy in accordance with the corporate privacy policies and procedures.
•\tPerforms other functions as assigned by management.
Level II (In addition to Level I responsibilities):
•\tActs as a primary engineer for assigned technology areas.
•\tMaintains a highly performant and optimized infrastructure environment.
•\tSignificant contributor to budget and expenditures for assigned technology areas.
•\tSignificant contributor to enterprise strategy in the assigned technology area.
•\tAssists in the RFI/RFP Process.
Level III (In addition to Level II responsibilities):
•\tAssists with mentoring of lower-level engineers.
•\tEstablishes business justifications for purchases made within assigned technology areas.
•\tFocuses on automation for job-related tasks.
•\tPerforms system analysis and capacity planning of computing assets.
•\tActs as primary SME for assigned technology areas.
•\tSignificant contributor to automation workflows.
•\tStays current with leading hybrid cloud technology for assigned technical areas.
Level IV (In addition to level III responsibilities):
•\tActs as trusted advisor to the management team.
•\tEmphasizes technology cost optimization when designing new solutions.
•\tServes as internal mentor for peers.
•\tLeads business critical projects efforts for IT infrastructure.
•\tLeads internal strategic efforts and collaborates with peers.
Minimum Qualifications:
NOTE: This description includes multiple levels of classification. The levels of classifications are differentiated by demonstrated knowledge, skills, and the ability to manage increasingly independent and/or complex assignments, broader responsibility, additional decision making and, in some cases, becoming a resource to others. New hires will be placed in the level for which they are most qualified based on their experience, credentials, and skills.
Level I:
•\tIn lieu of degree, seven (7) cumulative years related work experience required. Associates degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with four (4) years of related experience required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
•\tAwareness of security, compliance, and audit policies/procedures.
•\tExperience with research, design, and implementation in assigned technologies.
•\tInfrastructure operations and infrastructure project delivery experience essential.
•\tScripting and automation experience.
•\tStrong communication skills.
•\tUnderstanding of cloud computing infrastructure and concepts.
•\tKnowledge of cloud and/or on-prem integration (i.e.: ability to integrate disparate systems).
•\tDemonstrates intermediate knowledge of a minimum of three (3) concepts and/or tools listed below:
o\tVMware, Nutanix, or similar virtualization platform administration
o\tWindows and/or Linux/Unix server administration
o\tAzure
o\tAWS
o\tGCP
o\tTerraform (or related IaC tool)
o\tAnsible (or related configuration management technology)
o\tNutanix (or similar hyperconverged technology)
o\tVmware ESXi (or similar virtualization technology)
o\tLinux
o\tWindows Server
o\tYAML (or similar markup)
o\tJSON
o\tREST API
o\tGitHub (or related Git repository)
o\tAzure DevOps
o\tCI/CD
Level II (in addition to Level I qualifications):
•\tIntermediate knowledge of a minimum of four (4) concepts and/or tools listed above.
•\tIntermediate Infrastructure operations and infrastructure project delivery experience.
•\tDemonstrates strong technical documentation ability.
•\tExperience with IT computing resource management and optimization.
•\tHigh degree of business maturity and demonstrated confidentiality; executes good judgment.
•\tStrong scripting and automation experience.
•\tIntermediate knowledge of Disaster Recovery.
•\tIntermediate knowledge of security, compliance, and audit policies/procedures.
Level III (in addition to Level II qualifications):
•\tAdvanced knowledge of a minimum of four (4) concepts and/or tools listed above.
•\tAdvanced understanding of Disaster Recovery procedures related to IT infrastructure.
•\tAbility to provide internal mentorship within team.
•\tProfessional certification in job-related technology.
•\tStrategic vision in alignment with business objectives.
Level IV (in addition to Level III qualifications):
•\tAdvanced knowledge of a minimum of five (5) concepts and/or tools listed above.
•\tDemonstrated competence in team leadership/technical leadership, facilitation, and project leadership.
•\tExtensive knowledge of hybrid cloud environment.
•\tProven ability to act as a mentor for peers.
Physical Requirements:
•\tAbility to complete work in a traditional office environment under fluorescent lighting.
•\tAbility to orally communicate.
•\tMust be able to function while sitting at a desk viewing a computer and using a keyboard and mouse for 3 or more hours at a time.
•\tMust be able to travel across the enterprise.
•\tAbility to work in a home office for continuous periods of time for business continuity.
•\tAbility to provide on-call rotation support.
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In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this job description lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Compensation Range(s):
Level I Min - 79,068 Max - 142,322
Level II Min - 87,766 Max -157,978
Level III Min - 98,297 Max -176,935
Level IV Min -110,093 Max -198,168
The salary range indicated in this posting represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position. Actual salary will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, budget available, prior experience, knowledge, skill and education as they relate to the position's minimum qualifications, in addition to internal equity. The posted salary range reflects just one component of our total rewards package. Other components of the total rewards package may include participation in group health and/or dental insurance, retirement plan, wellness program, paid time away from work, and paid holidays.
Please note: There may be opportunity for remote work within all jobs posted by the CDPHP Talent Acquisition team. This decision is made on a case-by-case basis.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Summary:
This role provides the vision, strategy, functionality, and technology solutions for creating and maintaining distributed platforms for both public and private cloud infrastructure-based solutions. This entails the design and use of flexible platforms that deliver features, functionality, and services compatible with industry-leading providers while allowing legacy systems to interact safely when required. This position requires the necessary skills to provide technology research, evaluation, development, and delivery in support of infrastructure deployment solution lifecycles.
This position collaborates with the Information Technology teams to lead the organization toward the deployment of technologies that may include PaaS, SaaS, hosted, and on-premises solutions - which will allow for flexible, secure, on-demand cloud-like functionality and services while endeavoring to provide resiliency and achieve cost reduction, while maintaining a highly secure and flexible environment.
Essential Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
Level I:
•\tActs as a high level escalation tier for operational support in assigned technical areas.
•\tConducts proof-of-concept testing in a lab environment.
•\tCreates infrastructure design documents to outline production deployments.
•\tCreates, updates, and maintains supporting documentation for technology standards.
•\tDeploys new technology to production environment.
•\tDesigns infrastructure solutions to support business requirements.
•\tEnsures assigned technologies are in alignment with the business.
•\tResearches and implements hybrid cloud technology.
•\tSupports high-level strategy for enterprise server environment.
•\tWorks directly with business stakeholders to gather IT infrastructure requirements.
•\tWorks with technology vendors and technical SMEs to produce corporate standards with regards to assigned technology areas
•\tIntegrates multiple systems and/or technologies.
•\tActs as a team player with a high level of interpersonal skills.
•\tRegular reliable attendance is expected and required.
•\tConsistently demonstrates high standards of integrity by supporting the Lifetime Healthcare Companies' mission and values, adhering to the Corporate Code of Conduct, and leading to the Lifetime Way values and beliefs.
•\tExecutes good judgment and demonstrates personal accountability.
•\tMaintains high regard for member privacy in accordance with the corporate privacy policies and procedures.
•\tPerforms other functions as assigned by management.
Level II (In addition to Level I responsibilities):
•\tActs as a primary engineer for assigned technology areas.
•\tMaintains a highly performant and optimized infrastructure environment.
•\tSignificant contributor to budget and expenditures for assigned technology areas.
•\tSignificant contributor to enterprise strategy in the assigned technology area.
•\tAssists in the RFI/RFP Process.
Level III (In addition to Level II responsibilities):
•\tAssists with mentoring of lower-level engineers.
•\tEstablishes business justifications for purchases made within assigned technology areas.
•\tFocuses on automation for job-related tasks.
•\tPerforms system analysis and capacity planning of computing assets.
•\tActs as primary SME for assigned technology areas.
•\tSignificant contributor to automation workflows.
•\tStays current with leading hybrid cloud technology for assigned technical areas.
Level IV (In addition to level III responsibilities):
•\tActs as trusted advisor to the management team.
•\tEmphasizes technology cost optimization when designing new solutions.
•\tServes as internal mentor for peers.
•\tLeads business critical projects efforts for IT infrastructure.
•\tLeads internal strategic efforts and collaborates with peers.
Minimum Qualifications:
NOTE: This description includes multiple levels of classification. The levels of classifications are differentiated by demonstrated knowledge, skills, and the ability to manage increasingly independent and/or complex assignments, broader responsibility, additional decision making and, in some cases, becoming a resource to others. New hires will be placed in the level for which they are most qualified based on their experience, credentials, and skills.
Level I:
•\tIn lieu of degree, seven (7) cumulative years related work experience required. Associates degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with four (4) years of related experience required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
•\tAwareness of security, compliance, and audit policies/procedures.
•\tExperience with research, design, and implementation in assigned technologies.
•\tInfrastructure operations and infrastructure project delivery experience essential.
•\tScripting and automation experience.
•\tStrong communication skills.
•\tUnderstanding of cloud computing infrastructure and concepts.
•\tKnowledge of cloud and/or on-prem integration (i.e.: ability to integrate disparate systems).
•\tDemonstrates intermediate knowledge of a minimum of three (3) concepts and/or tools listed below:
o\tVMware, Nutanix, or similar virtualization platform administration
o\tWindows and/or Linux/Unix server administration
o\tAzure
o\tAWS
o\tGCP
o\tTerraform (or related IaC tool)
o\tAnsible (or related configuration management technology)
o\tNutanix (or similar hyperconverged technology)
o\tVmware ESXi (or similar virtualization technology)
o\tLinux
o\tWindows Server
o\tYAML (or similar markup)
o\tJSON
o\tREST API
o\tGitHub (or related Git repository)
o\tAzure DevOps
o\tCI/CD
Level II (in addition to Level I qualifications):
•\tIntermediate knowledge of a minimum of four (4) concepts and/or tools listed above.
•\tIntermediate Infrastructure operations and infrastructure project delivery experience.
•\tDemonstrates strong technical documentation ability.
•\tExperience with IT computing resource management and optimization.
•\tHigh degree of business maturity and demonstrated confidentiality; executes good judgment.
•\tStrong scripting and automation experience.
•\tIntermediate knowledge of Disaster Recovery.
•\tIntermediate knowledge of security, compliance, and audit policies/procedures.
Level III (in addition to Level II qualifications):
•\tAdvanced knowledge of a minimum of four (4) concepts and/or tools listed above.
•\tAdvanced understanding of Disaster Recovery procedures related to IT infrastructure.
•\tAbility to provide internal mentorship within team.
•\tProfessional certification in job-related technology.
•\tStrategic vision in alignment with business objectives.
Level IV (in addition to Level III qualifications):
•\tAdvanced knowledge of a minimum of five (5) concepts and/or tools listed above.
•\tDemonstrated competence in team leadership/technical leadership, facilitation, and project leadership.
•\tExtensive knowledge of hybrid cloud environment.
•\tProven ability to act as a mentor for peers.
Physical Requirements:
•\tAbility to complete work in a traditional office environment under fluorescent lighting.
•\tAbility to orally communicate.
•\tMust be able to function while sitting at a desk viewing a computer and using a keyboard and mouse for 3 or more hours at a time.
•\tMust be able to travel across the enterprise.
•\tAbility to work in a home office for continuous periods of time for business continuity.
•\tAbility to provide on-call rotation support.
************
In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this job description lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Compensation Range(s):
Level I Min - 79,068 Max - 142,322
Level II Min - 87,766 Max -157,978
Level III Min - 98,297 Max -176,935
Level IV Min -110,093 Max -198,168
The salary range indicated in this posting represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position. Actual salary will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, budget available, prior experience, knowledge, skill and education as they relate to the position's minimum qualifications, in addition to internal equity. The posted salary range reflects just one component of our total rewards package. Other components of the total rewards package may include participation in group health and/or dental insurance, retirement plan, wellness program, paid time away from work, and paid holidays.
Please note: There may be opportunity for remote work within all jobs posted by the CDPHP Talent Acquisition team. This decision is made on a case-by-case basis.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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