Lead Systems Engineer MFT

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California. Prime Healthcare operates 54 hospitals and has more than 360 outpatient locations in 15 states providing more than 3.0million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with over 60,000 employees and physicians. Twenty-one of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join our corporate team!

The Lead Systems Engineer Managed File Transfer (MFT) is a senior technical role responsible for the architecture, implementation, administration, and reliability of enterprise MFT platforms and secure data exchange services. The role provides technical leadership across clinical, business, vendor, and external integrations while partnering with Infrastructure, Application, Integration, Security, Network, and Cloud teams to ensure secure, reliable, and highly available services. The position requires strong independent judgment, ownership, and accountability, with the ability to proactively resolve complex technical issues, prioritize competing demands, and deliver critical initiatives with minimal oversight. The Lead Systems Engineer serves as an MFT subject matter expert, driving automation, operational excellence, platform modernization, and continuous improvement.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, enterprise integration, or a related technical discipline, with 3+ years of hands-on MFT experience.
• Experience with enterprise MFT products such as IBM Sterling File Gateway/Sterling Secure Proxy, Axway, GoAnywhere, MOVEit, Progress MOVEit, Globalscape EFT, or similar platforms.
• Strong experience with MFT platforms and secure transfer protocols, including SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, AS2, encryption, PGP, SSH keys, and digital certificates.
• Strong knowledge of Windows/Linux administration, networking, security, storage, high availability, disaster recovery, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, REST APIs, Infrastructure-as-Code, or similar technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical issues, exercise sound judgment, lead technical initiatives, collaborate across teams, and provide reliable production support in a highly available enterprise environment.
• Understands hospital business operations and structure, general requirements in an integrated delivery system, and use of IT applications in the practicing healthcare environment.
• Open to travelling up to 50% of the time.

Preferred qualifications

• Healthcare IT experience, including experience supporting EHR, clinical, laboratory, radiology, financial, or payer integrations.
• Knowledge of HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI, or other applicable compliance frameworks.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft, Linux, cloud, security, or networking certifications are desirable.

Prime Healthcare offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options.  Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary.  A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $83,220.80 to $135,449.60 on an annualized basis. The compensation estimate noted above is specific to California and has not been adjusted for any other geographic location. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf

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Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, engineering or related field; 3+ years systems engineering and MFT experience; expertise with MFT products and secure transfer protocols; Windows/Linux administration; scripting with PowerShell, Python, Bash; travel up to 50%.

Key Responsibilities

• architecting MFT platforms
• implementing secure data exchange
• providing technical leadership

Skills & Tools

IBM Sterling File Gateway, Sterling Secure Proxy, Axway, GoAnywhere, MOVEit, Progress MOVEit, Globalscape EFT, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, AS2, PGP, SSH, PowerShell, Python, Bash, REST APIs, Infrastructure-as-Code

Job Details

• Category: Information Technology
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — Ontario, California, United States
• Salary: USD 83,220 – 135,449 / year
• Languages: English

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement plan

About Prime Healthcare

An award-winning health system operating hospitals and outpatient locations across multiple states. — Industry: Healthcare