Senior Systems Management Specialist

The Senior Systems Management Specialist is a hands-on technical expert within the Global Architecture & Operations team, responsible for the availability, performance, security, and stability of InterSystems EHR solutions—primarily supporting US customers, with global support as needed.

This role spans on-premises, cloud, and managed service environments, working with InterSystems products such as TrakCare, HealthShare, Personal Community, and IRIS. You’ll play a key role across implementation, production support, architecture, and operational readiness, partnering closely with internal teams, customers, and partners.

You’ll take ownership of complex systems, lead incident response and troubleshooting, and contribute to automation, standards compliance, and continuous service improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Systems Management & Performance

• Provide senior-level, hands-on support for production and implementation environments on Linux (RHEL) and other supported platforms

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain InterSystems platforms and applications

• Ensure system availability, performance, security, and data integrity

• Monitor system health, integrations, background jobs, and scheduled tasks

• Lead complex troubleshooting and performance analysis

• Proactively identify risks and implement corrective actions aligned with SLAs and best practices

On-Call Support & Incident Response

• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and provide escalation-level support

• Lead incident investigation, resolution, root cause analysis, and documentation

Implementation & Delivery

• Support customer implementations, upgrades, and migrations

• Advise on server architecture, configuration, and sizing

• Support patching, backups, disaster recovery, failover testing, and security remediation

• Contribute to automation and continuous improvement initiatives

Documentation, Training & Collaboration

• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks

• Deliver and support internal and external technical training

• Collaborate with pre-sales, customers, partners, and global teams to support delivery and operations

Experience & Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting mission-critical healthcare systems

• Strong Linux (RHEL) system administration skills; Apache experience required

• Experience with InterSystems IRIS and/or Caché, and/or TrakCare or HealthShare

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-tier environments and lead incidents

• Experience with AWS, virtualization, monitoring, scripting, and automation

• Operational experience with healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR, CCDA)

• Experience in ITIL-aligned or managed service environments

• Relevant technical certifications are a plus

• 5+ years of relevant experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

InterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience, education, skills, and performance.

Other compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive.

The company also provides generous employee benefits including:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance

• 401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution

• Paid Time Off and Holidays

• Parental Leave

• Tuition reimbursement

The estimated base compensation range for this role is:
$101,000—$132,000 USD

About InterSystems

InterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit InterSystems.com.