System Administrator 5 (Cloud Architect) - Network and Desktop Computing - FT - Day - Hybrid - University of California, Irvine

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Position Summary:

Involves serving as the technical administrator for hardware, operating systems, and network management. Plans and coordinates the installation, configuration and testing of hardware and software components. Work may involve central or departmental computer systems and networks. Includes web systems administration.

Total Compensation

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Required Qualifications:

• Understands and can articulate the technical merits and value of cloud computing.
• Thorough understanding of infrastructure management including but not limited to: Active Directory, Group Policies, Hypervisor platforms, remote application deployment, and incident management.
• Technical understanding of both wired and wireless networking, including: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, VPN, Ethernet/802.3, and Wireless/802.11
• Strong understanding of cloud and infrastructure components (server, storage, network, data, and applications) to deliver end-to-end cloud infrastructure, architectures, and designs
• Some knowledge of clinical systems such as patient registration, patient accounting, EMRs, or electronic medication
• Provide leadership in infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques, including mass application movements into the cloud and implementing Azure or AWS within global enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in networking: TCP/IP, IP addresses, Layer 3, Layer 4, DNS
• Passionate, persuasive, articulate cloud professional capable of quickly establishing interest and credibility in how to design, deploy, and operate cloud-based architectures. Strong written, verbal, and chalkboard skills
• Nurture cloud computing expertise internally and externally to drive cloud adoption.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must carry a pager/phone and provide on-call support for IT related issues
• Must be willing and able to work occasional weekends and evenings as needed
• Knowledge of operating system internals, file systems, functions of hardware components, and how hardware and software components work together to form a computer system
• Knowledge of additional cloud technologies such as GCP, VMware, API Management, and Identity Management
• Knowledge and implementation of enterprise-scale cloud security platforms and tooling
• Implement security controls into every aspect of the architecture, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, network security, and compliance controls.
• Implement required systems, solutions, and processes needed to manage cloud cost, monitoring, scalability, and redundancy are accounted for and continuously validated.
• Familiar with scripting and programming languages
• Extensive understanding of the full Microsoft 365 Suite
• Expertise in at least two operating system: Linux, Unix, Solaris, Ubuntu, Windows
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective customer service, documentation, and communication with vendors
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Evaluate the offerings of cloud service providers (CSPs) such as AWS, Azure, selecting services like compute instances, storage options, databases, and networking components that best suit the organization’s needs.
• Ensure all cloud solutions adhere to security and compliance best practices.
• Design cloud environments focusing on Azure and AWS and demonstrate technical cloud architectural knowledge, playing a vital role in the production, staging, QA, and development of cloud infrastructures running in 24×7 environments.
• Demonstrates customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Delivery of cloud strategies, aligned with business objectives and with a focus on cloud migrations.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Data Platform, DevOps, and Integration Teams to ensure cloud adoption follows standard best practices.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to interact with SQL relational databases at a programmatic level
• Ability to independently solve technical issues
• 7 years of experience as an IT Infrastructure Architect.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of application virtualization and user experience/profile abstraction.
• Working knowledge of Thin client and other terminal related technologies
• Working knowledge of Citrix related technologies
• Microsoft Azure Certification (Associate or Expert) Security + or CISSP
• MCSE Certification
• ITIL Certification
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Experience in enterprise applications, solutions, and data center infrastructures.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with emphasis on information systems, business administration, or healthcare related field with course work in systems analysis and development.
• Azure/AWS Solution Architect certification (AZ-305, SAA-C03).
• Azure and AWS-based cloud architecture and migration skills and experience.
• 10+ years of experience as an IT Infrastructure Architect, focusing on AWS and Azure clouds, servers, storage, and networking. Preferrable in the healthcare industry.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at eec@uci.edu or at (949) 824-0500, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.