System Engineer - Oracle Health

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced System Engineer – Oracle Health/Cerner Millennium to provide technical leadership, engineering expertise, and strategic oversight for Oracle Health initiatives supporting the Military Health System (MHS) environment. The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical resource responsible for designing, implementing, optimizing, and sustaining Oracle Health solutions that improve clinical and business operations across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level engineering support for Oracle Health/Cerner Millennium applications within the Military Health System (MHS).
• Design, implement, configure, and optimize Oracle Health solutions supporting clinical, operational, and administrative workflows.
• Lead technical planning, architecture reviews, and system modernization efforts for Oracle Health environments.
• Analyze existing workflows and identify opportunities to improve system performance, usability, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Serve as the technical lead for Oracle Health upgrades, enhancements, maintenance activities, and new capability implementations.
• Develop technical solutions that ensure system scalability, reliability, availability, and security while meeting performance objectives.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with DoD security requirements, RMF controls, STIGs, and organizational security policies.
• Participate in system architecture reviews, technical design sessions, change control boards, and release management activities.
• Develop technical documentation including engineering diagrams, system design documents, implementation plans, configuration guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to government stakeholders regarding Oracle Health capabilities, technical roadmaps, and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience as a Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Administrator, or Technical Consultant supporting enterprise healthcare information systems.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium) solutions in large-scale healthcare environments.
• Experience supporting Military Health System (MHS), Defense Health Agency (DHA), Department of Defense (DoD), Veterans Affairs (VA), or other large integrated healthcare organizations is highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of Oracle Health architecture, application components, system configuration, and deployment methodologies.
• Experience supporting Oracle Health clinical workflows including inpatient, ambulatory, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, scheduling, registration, and ancillary systems.
• Experience integrating Oracle Health with third-party clinical and enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards including:
  1. HL7
  2. FHIR
  3. CCD/C-CD
  4. DICOM
  5. APIs and Web Services
• Experience supporting enterprise Windows and Linux server environments.
• Working knowledge of Oracle databases, SQL, scripting, automation, and performance tuning.
• Experience with system monitoring, log analysis, troubleshooting, and performance optimization tools.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts, identity management, authentication, and security architectures.
• Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical healthcare systems with stringent uptime requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Oracle Health deployments within the Defense Health Agency (DHA) or Military Health System Genesis (MHS GENESIS).
• Oracle Health (Cerner) certifications.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Knowledge of DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
• Experience with virtualization technologies including VMware.
• Familiarity with ITIL service management processes.
• Experience supporting cloud-hosted healthcare applications.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain one.

Technical Competencies

• Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium)
• Oracle Database
• SQL
• Linux/Unix
• Windows Server
• HL7
• FHIR
• DICOM
• Interface Engines
• APIs/Web Services
• Powershell or Bash scripting
• System Monitoring and Performance Tuning
• Active Directory
• VMware
• Networking fundamentals
• RMF/STIG compliance
• Configuration Management
• Change Management
• Disaster Recovery
• High Availability Architecture

Professional Characteristics

• Strong systems engineering and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to architect scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise healthcare solutions.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex technical issues across multiple integrated systems.
• Strong understanding of systems lifecycle management and engineering best practices.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence engineering decisions across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement and innovation.
• Able to mentor junior engineers and foster collaboration across technical teams.
• Commitment to delivering reliable, secure, and patient-focused technology solutions in support of the Military Health System.

Pay Range

$180,000 - $250,000 per year

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