Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The Systems Engineer IV is a technical leader within the Systems Engineering team, resolving complex issues, mentoring less experienced team members, providing technical guidance and organizational support for the team. The SE IV is expected to ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of infrastructure systems that support core organizational functions. The SE IV is responsible for evaluating systems and their interdependency and determining future requirements, as well as optimizing current systems, including monitoring, tuning, and performing gap analyses of infrastructure systems. As the technical lead, this role will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve complex problems to maximize the benefit of IT systems investments and minimize service interruptions. S/he evaluates, designs, plans, and leads the implementation of large-scale systems. Additionally, the SE IV provides technical leadership and training to lower-level systems engineers; and is responsible for improvements to infrastructure systems-related processes and standards.

The Systems Engineer IV reports to the Systems Engineering Manager (Core Infrastructure Engineering).

This role will have the opportunity to work partially at our campus and remotely. Evening and/or weekend work may occasionally be required.

Responsibilities

Operational

• Fulfill day-to-day operational tasks associated with maintaining infrastructure systems.
• Serve as technical lead or team member for large, complex projects to provide new or improved infrastructure services.
• Install/build, configure, administer, and decommission infrastructure systems, including upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Build and document processes for maintenance that can be carried out by other teams
• On a rotation basis, provide 24/7 on-call support for mission critical infrastructure systems.
• Respond to incidents and service outages to restore service interruptions in a timely manner.
• Provide Tier 3 support of infrastructure systems. Act as an escalation point for technical issues as required.
• Monitor and report on infrastructure systems' usage, capacity, and availability. Set appropriate monitoring and alerting levels for infrastructure systems.
• Monitor and tune infrastructure systems for optimal performance.
• Control and limit infrastructure systems' access in compliance with security policies and best practices to maintain system integrity.
• Create new and maintain current and accurate technical documentation and diagrams.
• Develop and nurture relationships and collaborate with other members of IT staff and end users to resolve technical challenges.
• Lead hardware / software evaluation for infrastructure systems.
• Participate in and present at Design Reviews to ensure reasonable and supportable solutions.
• Lead and promote the use of and offer improvements for departmental processes such as change management, incident management and problem management.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure systems' issues.
• Identify opportunities and improve operational efficiencies.
• Eliminate manual tasks via configuration management and automation tools or scripts.
• Design, plan, build and lead system and disaster recovery tests.
• Train and excel in expertise of specialized technical area(s). Act as a subject matter expert in specialized technical area(s).
• Mentor entry and intermediate level staff.
• Perform complex planned maintenance after-hours / weekends as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Deliver formal and informal presentations on technical topics.
• Inform leadership of systems status, currently tracked issues or problems.
• Perform analysis, capacity planning, and performance planning on infrastructure systems.
• Work effectively with vendors, contractors, and other staff to coordinate system installations and provide quality assurance oversight.

Acquisition and Deployment

• Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define organizational requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Design and deploy new infrastructure systems and enhancements to existing systems, software, and operating systems. This includes diagrams and documentation.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Manage projects and tasks of projects to successful completion.

Professional Skills

• Ability to effectively prioritize work, juggling daily support responsibilities with project driven tasks.
• Strong ability to analyze, troubleshoot and identify root causes for large and complex technical problems.
• Ability to develop reasonable and effective creative solutions.
• Ability to interact successfully and communicate clearly. Able to exercise a high degree of discretion and judgment.
• Ability to respond efficiently to changing demands and circumstances, and function effectively in ambiguous high-pressure situations.
• Ability to build a rapport and partner closely with division stake holders.
• Aptitude for developing scripts and other tools for automation.
• Ability to document and diagram complex systems.
• Promote a positive and safe work environment.
• Strong work ethic, self-directed, and resourceful.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related field desired; or equivalent work experience.
• Expertise in one or more of the following:
  • Seven plus years of experience evaluating, designing, building, and supporting a complex messaging environment with multiple platforms, anti-spam, and mail routing systems
  • Seven plus years of experience evaluating, designing, building, and supporting an enterprise data protection environment including archiving hundreds of TBs of data
  • Seven plus years of experience evaluating, designing, building, and supporting large storage platforms containing PBs of data, working with storage protocols (iSCSI, NFS, and CIFS).
  • Five plus years of experience evaluating, designing, building, and supporting a multi-farm SharePoint environment including external domain
  • Five plus years of experience evaluating, designing, building, and supporting virtualization technologies.
• Seven plus years of system administrator or engineer experience in an enterprise with increasing responsibilities.
• Five plus years of experience supporting two or more server operating systems in a large complex heterogeneous environment.
• Five plus years of experience building and supporting virtualization technologies.
• Three plus years of experience using Python or PowerShell programming for system administration and automation including Ansible.
• Two plus years' experience managing and/or integrating XaaS platforms.
• Advanced skills with server operating systems, such as Microsoft Server, RHEL, and/or Ubuntu.
• Expert skills administering Microsoft Active Directory, DFS and WINS; experience of multiple OSes authenticating to AD; experience with AD architecture and integration with Linux systems, LDAP, and Kerberos
• Expert skills administering Linux distribution(s); experience authenticating to AD/LDAP and managing permissions.
• Significant experience with developing scripts and using other tools for automation (scripting language, such as PowerShell or Python)
• Working technical knowledge of current software protocols, and Internet standards, including DHCP, DNS, LDAP, NTP, SMTP, SNMP, and SSH
• Expert Problem Analysis and Solving Skills: expert ability to troubleshoot a complex issue
• Ability to lead a team and/or work individually, with proven track record of success
• Competent use of desktop applications.
• Strong presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Reliable contributor both individually and as a member of the team.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expertise in one or more of the following:
  • Seven plus years of experience evaluating, designing, building, and supporting complex systems.
  • Seven plus years of experience evaluating, designing, building, and supporting enterprise storage and data protection platforms.
  • Must be an Expert with OneFS, Data ONTAP, Cohesity (or Rubrik). Experience with Qumulo and VAST Data is highly desirable.
  • Seven plus years of experience managing SAN and NAS, working with iSCSI, FC and CIFS and NFS.
  • Intermediate experience with anti-ransomware protection for NAS and unstructured file auditing and forensics.
• Five plus years of unstructured file management including managing NAS with mixed-mode permissions and SMB and NFS access to the same namespace.
• Experience implementing NFSv4.x and SMB3 signing enforced including transitioning from unencrypted to encrypted-in-transit for both SMB3 and NFSv4.x.
• Expertise with Microsoft Visio (or similar) and comfortable using Jira and Confluence.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $124,488 to $196,747, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

This role will have the opportunity to work partially at our campus and remotely. Evening and/or weekend work may occasionally be required.

This position may be eligible for relocation assistance.

This position may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).

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