Applications System Administrator

Department :

12280 Advocate Aurora Health Corporate - Integration and Departmental App

Status : Full time

Benefits Eligible : Yes

Hou rs Per Week : 40

Schedule Details / Additional Information :

Individual will be part of an application technical team responsible for the configuration, installation, maintenance, and support of core applications in a hospital environment. Must be detailed oriented and possess strong written and oral communication skills. Experience with W95, WNT, W2K, WXP, AIX, HL7, TCP / IP and other Microsoft applications is a plus.

Pay Range

$34.90 - $52.35 Major Responsibilities :

• Tests and implements system and application software installations and upgrades. Assists with planning and scheduling system and application software installations and upgrades.
• Maintains production change control schedule and participates in change management / control. Performs workstation and server administration.
• Assists with the design of backup and recovery procedures. Maintains and monitors backup schedules. Executes capacity monitoring processes. Coordinates disk space planning and management.
• Maintains growth statistics, space forecasts, tape libraries, and software and hardware inventories. Monitors continuity with system software licensing and maintenance agreements.
• Executes and monitors quality assurance processes. Conducts routine hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines to ensure proper system operation, optimum performance, and freedom from defects.
• Participates on on-call rotation. Solves moderately complex application software problems and assists in resolving complex problems. Performs root-cause analysis on moderately complex problems and assists in root-cause problem analysis of complex problems. Escalates issues as needed. Defines, submits and works to completion problems and issues with vendors to improve functionality to meet business needs.
• Designs moderately complex application support software such as utility programs, macros, subroutines, and control modules from detailed specifications.
• Codes, tests, debugs, documents and maintains moderately complex application support software such as utility programs, macros, subroutines, and control modules. Makes moderately complex modifications to purchased applications to fit specialized needs and configurations. Configures, installs and supports moderately complex clinical device or other ancillary device integration solutions.
• Creates tasks, work estimates and recommends resource assignments. Monitors tasks and initiates corrective action to stay on schedule. Communicates with project coordinators and clients in order to keep them informed with regard to project status and potential problem areas. Evaluates moderately complex client requests to determine impact and effort required to accomplish.

Assembles and documents technical requirements of computer systems to meet business requirements.

Assists in the evaluation of new and existing software products. Works with vendor technical counterparts to resolve problems.

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About Advocate Health

is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names in Illinois; in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.