East Tennessee Children's Hospital · 19 hours ago
System Administrator III Full Time Days
Knoxville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expEast Tennessee Children's Hospital is seeking a System Administrator III to work under general supervision in a team environment. The role involves maintaining physical and virtual hardware, optimizing system performance, and ensuring data integrity while collaborating with application teams on projects.
Health CareHospitalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Leads administration and optimization of physical and virtual servers (VMware, Omnissa, Nutanix) to ensure high availability and security
Oversees patching, updates, and configuration standards across the environment
Performs advanced troubleshooting and performance tuning; drives capacity planning initiatives
Evaluates and recommends improvements to virtualization architecture
Engineers enterprise storage systems, ensuring scalability and data integrity
Designs and validates disaster recovery strategies; leads backup and recovery testing
Ensures compliance with retention policies and proactively addresses storage growth needs
Provides senior-level support and optimization for VDI environments (Omnissa Horizon)
Develops provisioning standards and security policies for virtual desktops
Resolves complex VDI performance issues and guides resource allocation strategies
Oversees installation and configuration of server, blade, and storage hardware
Implements best practices for environmental monitoring, documentation and physical security
Establishes operational standards for data center organization and hardware lifecycle management
Designs and maintains enterprise monitoring solutions for servers, storage, and network components
Performs advanced log analysis and leads remediation of performance or security issues
Champions security best practices and enforces compliance across infrastructure systems
Develops and maintains comprehensive documentation for infrastructure architecture and processes
Leads root cause analysis for major incidents and drives continuous improvement initiatives
Mentors junior and mid-level administrators; provides technical guidance and training
Leads infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and new technology implementations
Partners with leadership on strategic planning and budget alignment for infrastructure initiatives
Oversees change management compliance for all production system changes
Designs automation solutions using scripting languages (PowerShell, Python) to streamline operations
Develops and maintains advanced scripts for monitoring, provisioning, and reporting
Identifies automation opportunities and leads implementation to reduce manual effort and improve reliability
Serves as escalation point for Tier II/III issues and participates in on-call rotation
Collaborates with application teams and IT leadership to ensure infrastructure supports organizational goals
Qualification
Required
Associate's degree in computer science, server administration, or related field
Eight years' experience in Information Technology, server administration, or related field
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Service oriented
Able to work independently
Is proactive and makes routine decisions independently
Must have above average problem-solving skills
Excellent organizational, time management and customer service skills
Proficient in MS Office, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint and other computer applications
Preferred
Bachelor's degree
Company
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
East Tennessee Children's Hospital is a comprehensive pediatric hospital providing compassionate care to children and their families.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Matt C. Schaefer, MBA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Caryn Hawthorne
Vice President - Finance / CFO
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