IT System Administrator Lvl 2
Huntsville Hospital Health System
- Location
- Onsite (Huntsville, AL)
- Level
- Mid Level
About the role
Huntsville Hospital Health System seeks an IT System Administrator to manage and maintain server operating systems, hardware, and network technology tools. The role involves troubleshooting system issues, ensuring security, and mentoring junior staff within a mission-critical healthcare environment.
Skills
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Disability
- 401k
Perks
- Tuition assistance
- Student loan reimbursement
- Employee discounts
Full job details
Overview
Manages organizes and prioritizes project and work load. Maintain, upgrade and manage server operating systems, software, hardware and servers. Install and configure software and hardware. Manage network servers and technology tools. Monitor performance and maintain systems according to requirements, troubleshoot issues and outages, ensure security through access controls, and backups, upgrade systems with new releases and models, develop expertise to train staff on new technologies, maintain internal wiki with technical documentation, manuals and IT policies. Mentor junior staff members and train them in work practices and tools.
Qualifications
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree preferred in computer science or related field. Extensive experience may be considered.
EXPERIENCE
MCSE required with 3-5 years’ experience in a Microsoft multi-server networking environment. Experience working with multiple domains with mission critical systems.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/ABILITIES
- Extensive knowledge and experience as a System Administrator, Server administrator or similar role
- Extensive knowledge VMware, Windows, network principles and troubleshooting
- Experience with databases, networks (LAN, WAN) and patch management
- Knowledge of and data backup/recovery systems and methodologies
- Ability to create automations scripts for any number of system related activities, upgrades, or changes to individual or enterprise wide systems and computers
- Knowledge using and maintaining various operating systems and platforms (Windows, Linux, AIX)
- Resourcefulness and problem-solving aptitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge and experience in advanced network system design and access technologies.
- Ability to analyze, coordinate, and manage multiple technologies and concepts effectively
- Outstanding organizational, technical and managerial skills to creatively formulate, interpret, and integrate a large number of complex issues and problems
- Expertise with local area networking (LAN) and wide area networking (WAN) environments
- Strong communication and people skills
- Experienced in project management and establishing protocols for system development
- Ability to analyze, coordinate, and manage multiple technologies, resources and concepts effectively
About Us
Build your career with us
At Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children and Madison Hospital, you’ll find meaningful work, supportive teams and opportunities to grow within a locally governed, nonprofit health system committed to the communities we serve. Our workplace culture has earned national recognition, including Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care 2026 and Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Employers 2025. Huntsville Hospital is the region’s primary referral center for advanced and specialty care, home to a specialized Orthopedic & Spine Tower, a Level III Regional Neonatal ICU and North Alabama’s Level I Trauma Center. Together, our three Madison County hospitals have 971 licensed beds and offer career opportunities across a wide range of specialties and care settings. Employees have access to continuing education, Shared Governance, Clinical Ladder, Nurse Residency, tuition assistance, child care, wellness resources, an on-site employee pharmacy and health clinic, and more. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a partner in the U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) Program.
Huntsville Hospital Benefits:
We are committed to providing competitive benefits. Our benefits package for eligible employees includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending; short term and long term disability; several retirement account options with 401K organization match; nurse residency program; tuition assistance; student loan reimbursement; On-site training and education opportunities; Employee Discounts to phone providers, local restaurants, tickets to shows, apartment application and much more!
Learn more about Huntsville Hospital Health System:
- Careers: https://careers.hhsys.org/careers-home
- Benefits: https://careers.hhsys.org/why-hh-health/benefits/benefits-at-huntsville-hospital/
- Education & Professional Development: https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/education
- Life In Huntsville: https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/about-huntsville-al