Systems Administrator at Brentwood

Job Description

Systems Administrator

Brookdale Senior Living
Brentwood, TN 37027

IT Systems Administrator for healthcare and custom applications

Outstanding career opportunity with Brookdale Senior Living!

Brookdale Senior Living is the nations leading operator of senior housing communities with close to 650 senior living and retirement communities across the nation.
Each day, nearly 50,000 Brookdale associates serve over 67,000 residents in a variety of settings. We are a fast growing, $2.8 Billion publicly traded company, (NYSE: BKD) with over 30 years of senior housing expertise. www.brookdaleliving.com

Position Summary:
Responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the companys information technology systems. Assists in the execution of business application development projects and subsequent support of those applications. Focus on system and application administration.

Essential Functions:
Works with other IT staff and/or business users as required, ensuring support of their business objectives.
Supports testing of application programs and systems within the companys system/regression test environment.
Performs analysis and design and other systems development life cycle (SDLC) tasks as required to support project objectives.
Adapts to and utilizes the appropriate technology within the companys existing architecture, development tools, and standards. Including technologies used on the ERP, Healthcare and Operations Applications teams.
Performs the administration and management of the application/server infrastructure and ensures optimum performance levels.
Schedules and performs installations and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
Ensures server data integrity by evaluating, implementing and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions.
Develops and maintains a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentation.
Supports the identification and resolution of application and technical issues.
Assists in the change management process, and adheres to the defined change management guidelines.
Understands project management concepts. Aids in the estimation process. Takes direction from project manager and provides status updates.
Communicates effectively, verbally and written, with manager, peers and other IT teams.
Provides after-hours support as needed.

Education and Experience:
Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or a science related field is strongly preferred and a minimum of two years of Systems Administration/IT experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge and Skills:
Is proficient in system administration concepts and techniques and has working knowledge of specific IT infrastructure disciplines which could include hardware, software, databases, networking, installations, backups, etc.
Has a working knowledge of a skill or discipline that requires basic analytic ability.
Has an overall understanding of the work environment and process.
Ability to be involved with multiple projects and tasks.
Team player who performs well in a fast paced environment.
Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, documentation and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and within a team.
Able to identify issues and perform intermediate level troubleshooting techniques with little direction from manager or peers.
Proficient with specific skills in IIS, VB, JavaScript, VBScript and PowerShell
Knowledge of general network infrastructure technologies, past experience of Document Management Systems and Workflow tools helpful.
Experience with Oracle and SQL Server DBMS, XSL, HTML, SSRS, MS Access and MS Office.
Experience with mobile application deployment and management through an MDM solution.
Proficient in ERP/EMR technologies and system administration concepts. These will include management of web servers, application servers, process schedulers, security administration, installations, web services, integration technologies, etc.

Job Requirements

Location:
Brookdale Senior Living, 111 Westwood Place, Brentwood, TN 37027

How to apply for this exceptional opportunity...
Apply Online: www.brookdalecareers.com
Job ID: SAbTN130919a

Brookdale Senior Living is an EOE-(Equal Opportunity Employer) and drug free work place.

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Country: USA, State: Tennessee, City: Brentwood, Company: Brookdale Senior Living.