Senior Systems Engineer

smartdept. inc. is searching for a Senior Systems Engineer for a Healthcare client in Grand Rapids, MI. This is a remote, full-time, 12-month contract opportunity. The pay for this position is between $70/hr - $85/hr depending on level of experience.

What You’ll Do: 

• Work with customer specifications and budgets to develop both critical and non-critical systems that are a part of the technology infrastructure.
• Take ownership of technical risk assessment of system readiness for operational turnover
• Research emerging technologies, standards and system trends that align with customer requirements and Information Services (IS) architectural standards related to assigned projects, support responsibilities or strategic initiatives.
• Provide technology leadership for project planning and execution, related to system architecture, design, integration, testing and implementation.
• Lead cross-functional teams to analyze system requirements and constraints to engineer technical solutions that meet the needs of the business, across multiple dimensions.
• Design solutions that can be operationally implemented and supported within current organizational structures or define new operational and support structures. As a project team member, accountable for project tasks, schedules, change control and project-related status reports.
• Coordinate work with team members, as required, to ensure successful delivery of all technical aspects of assigned projects for self and others.
• Take ownership of the operational support for assigned systems, including leading the creation of written support documentation and facilitation of knowledge transfer between teams and individuals involved in support.
• Accountable for resolution of implementation and support issues, and lead collaboration with support teams to troubleshoot and resolve escalated incidents and problems using established IS procedures for problem and situation management. Leads the efforts in the creation of relevant technical and support documentation.
• Effectively communicate to Leadership, status and resolution plans for complex technology issues.
• Maintain knowledge of end user devices and integration with equipment, networking concepts (such as TCP\IP, WINS, DNS, DHCP), Windows Server and Desktop platforms, Enterprise Directories, storage subsystems and relational databases.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (required)
• Master's Degree or equivalent (preferred)
• 5+ years of relevant experience typically gained through skills/knowledge/abilities
• Full-time experience and demonstrated maturity in systems engineering (designing, implementing and supporting system and infrastructure services), with exposure to the complete systems development lifecycle (requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, support and service level measurement) 
• VMWare Horizon client and platform experience/expertise