Lead Systems Engineer

Company: MCKESSON
Location: Irving
Posted on: May 4, 2025

Job Description:

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

Job Summary:

The McKesson Lead Systems Engineer serves as a pivotal technical resource, specializing in the Windows layer of our infrastructure stack. This role encompasses a range of responsibilities, including collaboration with cross-functional teams on projects, initiatives, architecture development, and redesign efforts. The engineer will proactively identify and implement innovative solutions while leading initiatives. Additionally, the engineer will provide Level 4 support to our Managed Service Provider (MSP) team, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of both on-premises and cloud environments across all enterprise locations, data centers, and distribution centers. This role requires a strong understanding of the full application stack and a passion for driving efficiency gains through automation and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve performance and efficiency within the Windows environment (on-premises and cloud), and champion the implementation of innovative solutions.
• Develop and optimize automation scripts and workflows to enhance operational efficiency across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Leverage Azure services to build, deploy, and manage applications and infrastructure, ensuring best practices in security and scalability.
• Create and maintain comprehensive flowcharts, process documents, and procedures that support the Windows architecture, ensuring clarity and consistency.
• Rigorously test, validate, and implement new technological solutions and modifications prior to their operational deployment, ensuring seamless integration and functionality.
• Gather and analyze data to prepare insightful reports related to enterprise systems and their functions, facilitating informed decision-making.
• Assist and participate (along with other teams) in system developments, implementation projects, compliance, and maintenance on the enterprise technology infrastructure.
• Maintain accurate documentation and records pertaining to systems, including the preparation, and purging of Configuration Management Database (CMDB) records as required.
• Utilize the McKesson Change Management process to effectively implement changes within production and disaster recovery environments, ensuring minimal disruption.
• Leverage the McKesson Incident Management process and tools to address and resolve third-level incidents assigned to the team, maintaining high service levels.
• Proactively enhance personal and technical skills through various resources and channels.
  
  Minimum Requirements
  
  Degree or equivalent and typically requires 8+ years of relevant experience.
  
  Critical Skills
  
  • Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrable success in leading complex infrastructure projects (e.g., migrating a significant number of servers to a cloud environment, resulting in measurable improvements in performance or cost savings). Specific examples of quantifiable achievements are highly desirable.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Windows and Azure, strong knowledge of storage and VMware architectures, and a good understanding of application architecture and deployment processes.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible is highly desirable.
  • Strong technical and problem-solving skills capable of quickly adapting to new technologies.
    
    Ability to:
    
    • Take ownership of complex situations and work within a team environment to resolve issues effectively.
    • Drive first-time quality results and lead support operations and initiatives.
    • Quickly understand complex problems and develop solutions to resolve issues expediently.
    • Work well under pressure and apply critical decision-making skills when needed.
    • Be self-motivated, capable of establishing priorities, and setting their own goals and direction.
    • Effectively work with diverse peers and team members, managers, and external contacts.
    • Effective written and oral communication skills in English are essential.
      
      Working Conditions: Hybrid
      
      Please note that only candidates authorized to work in the US will be considered for this position. Sponsorship is not available.
      
      We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
      
      Our Base Pay Range for this position
      
      $144,600 - $241,000
      
      McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
      
      McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
      
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