Senior Tech Specialist - Infrastructure

About the role

We are more than a health system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more – in our careers and in our communities. The Sr. Technical Specialist for Infrastructure will report to the Manager of Network Services within IT Infrastructure and works in collaboration with infrastructure engineers/advisors, enterprise architects, project managers, and 3rd party vendors to plan, budget, and oversee the evaluation, selection, implementation, operation, and performance of technologies within their respective specialty area of responsibility. This position is a subject matter expert in and responsible for creating the standards, specifications, processes, operational support, and oversight to OhioHealth’s physical infrastructure, including copper and fiber optic cable plant infrastructure, electrical systems, and HVAC systems that support data, server, voice, video, and 3rd party equipment. This position supports and coordinates projects of all sizes by reviewing bidding documents, validating designs by third party engineers, and coordinating vendors for construction and renovation projects.

Responsibilities

• 30% Technical Expertise – Serves as the deep technical expert for the applications supported by team: Support cross‑team technical collaboration; Identify risks and design contingency plans; Analyze existing operations and evaluate options for improvements; Conduct security audits to identify areas of improvement; Guides their teams through technical issues and challenges; Assists with designing the governance, quality assurance and standards activities associated with ensuring technology architecture compliance of projects and products; Leads technology change to deliver business outcomes while also virtually leveraging subject matter experts from any other needed technical area; Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities (for example, projects and products), particularly for new or shared solutions; Creates and delivers working, production‑ready IT services that can be easily leveraged by agile teams; Adaptability to new and emerging technology, oversees PoCs; Provides the detailed designs, reviews the implementation by the developers, ensures quality, and best practices such as automated unit tests, integration tests, continuous integration; Technical Documentation – Creates, reviews, and approves technical documentation for applications supported; Technology Strategy – Leads the development of technology strategy and roadmap within a given area of specialty including design, documentation, communication, and implementation of new or existing