Cloud Administrator II

Alliant Health Group, doing business as Alliant Health Solutions ("the Company"), is a family of companies that provides business and professional services supporting the effective administration of healthcare programs and funding to support healthcare improvement initiatives.

The Company has been named a "Best Place to Work" for 2022, 2023, and 2024 as well as being named "Healthiest Employer".

Currently, Alliant seeks a Cloud Administrator II to be a member of a professional multi-disciplinary work team, and provide service, support and delivery and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) solutions. This position maintains customer engagement by communicating with a company's employees and executives to identify any new corporate needs, and tailor existing cloud structures to accommodate them.

In this role, the ideal candidate will:

• Identify hardware, software, and network problems and perform routine recovery.
• Constructs and maintains server processes, configurations, and backups in a hybrid environment of cloud and on premise.
• Manage and oversee the efficiency and functionality of VMware infrastructure.
• Organize, communicate, and execute security patching activities for endpoint devices.
• Conduct vulnerability and penetration testing to detect and safeguard against potential threats.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release of deployment activities after hours.
• Administration of SharePoint M365, managing site creation and rights.
• Provides technical expertise and/or solution delivery support for maintaining performance and reliability of server solutions.
• Coordinate and implement planned infrastructure changes for business and/or IT customers.
• Protect personnel information, hardware, software, networks and data from physical actions and other events that could cause serious loss or damage.
• Seeks methods to streamline processes for improved resource efficiency.
• Examines system logs for analysis and monitoring.
• Create and formalize standard operating procedures (SOPs) for systems administration.
• Provides 24x7 support to identify and resolve issues relating to accessing corporate IT-managed resources.
• Verify and update equipment inventory.
• Communicate in verbal and written formats, and articulate technical concepts to a varied audience.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects as assigned and interact with all areas of the organization to achieve timely results.
• Promote core values of teamwork, professionalism, effective communication skills, and positive behaviors.
• Maintain security and confidentiality of all information in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) laws and regulations and company policies.
• Demonstrate compliance with corporate and departmental policies as evidenced by attendance, punctuality, and professional appearance.
• Performs other tasks and duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills, abilities, education, experience and training for the role include:

• Knowledge of administration of servers on premise (physical and virtual) and in Microsoft Azure.
• Ability to gain knowledge of innovative technologies or technology opportunities for on-prem and cloud-based services.
• Knowledge of and ability to understand scripting languages such as PowerShell.
• Knowledge and skill utilizing change management principles associated with high availability of systems and preventing change related incident due to human performance factors.
• Skill in operating system administration (e.g., account maintenance, data backups, maintain system performance, install, and configure new hardware/software).
• Skill in correcting physical and technical problems that impact systems/server performance.
• Ability to work independently; and organize and prioritize work and time
• Ability to travel by car or airplane to customer and Company meetings as needed or required.

Required

• Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science or related field) or equivalent work experience
• 3 or more years' experience in IT infrastructure support, application support, cloud computing or
• 6 years or more relevant work experience.

Preferred

• Certifications; Microsoft Solutions Expert (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, or Microsoft Azure Administrator

The Company offers a caring and supportive culture with work/life balance and great benefits!

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