Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Description
Position Overview
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in medicine. Working here means collaborating with top clinical, technical, and business professionals.
Entity: Corporate Services|Department: IS - Core Infrastructure|Hours: M-F, 8 hr days, hybrid|Location: 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
The Senior Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for implementing technical solutions that meet business requirements using proven industry best practices, in accordance with enterprise architectural standards. This role involves analyzing complex issues related to private and public cloud infrastructure, systems software, storage management, backup, virtualization, and high availability solutions; providing recommendations to leadership; and serving as a technical escalation point.
Key Responsibilities
- PLAN: Collaborate with architects, project managers, and stakeholders to analyze requirements and design technical solutions for healthcare and research needs; conduct advanced research on new technologies and provide implementation roadmaps.
- DECIDE: Recommend appropriate technologies for the designated technology domain.
- DELIVER: Deploy and maintain hyperconverged systems in a hybrid cloud environment; manage Windows, Linux, Azure, and VMware infrastructures; administer backup and recovery systems; and provide on-call support for incident resolution and operational continuity.
- COLLABORATE: Work closely with architects and various IT teams (network, security, development, and support) to successfully implement infrastructure initiatives while mentoring junior engineers.
- CONSULT: Act as a liaison between operations and architecture teams, serve as an escalation point, and review designs to identify risks and ensure compliance with established standards.
Required Qualifications
- H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
- 8+ years of Information Technology experience (Required)
- 5+ years of public and private cloud engineering experience (Required)
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (Preferred)
Benefits & Perks
- We offer a comprehensive Compensation and Benefits program, including one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.