Manager of Infrastructure - Information Systems - Full-Time

Job Details

Description

Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care. Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.

Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:

• New Hire Premium: +6% of base rate of pay, matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
• A Comprehensive Benefits Package: includes Holidays, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.
  
  

Position: Manager of Infrastructure

Definition

The IT Infrastructure Manager reports to the Chief Technology Officer and will serve as the lead technology administrator for enterprise technologies including network, voice, compute, and storage.

Essential Functions

• Lead IT projects, including the design and deployment of new IT systems and services
• Monitor performance of information technology systems to determine cost and productivity levels, and to make recommendations for improving the IT infrastructure
• Help define IT infrastructure strategy, architecture, and processes
• Manage staff responsible for infrastructure technologies including network, voice, server, storage, and security.
• Analyze business requirements by partnering with key stakeholders across the organization to develop solutions for IT needs
• Assess vendors and develop test strategies for new hardware and software
• Troubleshoot hardware and software issues related to internal IT
  
  

Education

Employment Standards:

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, etc.; two (2) plus years of experience in a position that had the same or similar primary duties.
  
  

OR

• Associates Degree or Certification in technical discipline (e.g. Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field), education, information technology, business administration, or a related healthcare or IS field with two years of experience in a position that had the same or similar primary duties.
  
  

OR

• Without a college degree, five (5) years plus of blended work experience.
  
  

Experience

• Firm grasp on IT infrastructure and operations best practices
• Excellent working knowledge of computer systems, security, network and systems administration, databases and data storage systems, and phone systems
• Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills
• Project management and/or project team leadership.
• Change management and process improvement leadership.
  
  

Supplemental

All Kern Medical employees are designated “Disaster Service Workers” through state and local laws (CA Government Code Sec. 3100-3109 and Ordinance Code Title 2 - Administration, Ch. 2.66 Emergency Services.) As Disaster Service Workers, all county employees are expected to remain at work, or to report for work as soon as practicable following a significant emergency or disaster.

If position responsibilities require driving a personal vehicle, then possession of a current valid California Driver’s License and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.

If position responsibilities require driving a vehicle owned, leased or rented by Kern Medical, then possession of a current valid California Driver’s license, a signed authorization for Release of Drivers Record Information and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.