Waystar
Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering
Louisville, KY · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
PythonPowerShellAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsTerraformAnsibleStakeholder ManagementSystems EngineeringLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers.
- Waystar products have won multiple Best in KLAS® or Category Leader awards since 2010 and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book™ surveys since 2012.
Responsibilities
- Lead teams operating and modernizing on‑prem datacenter platforms, including VMware and/or Nutanix environments.
- Own reliability, scalability, and lifecycle management of compute, storage, and core infrastructure systems.
- Drive automation across provisioning, configuration, patching, and platform operations.
- Lead infrastructure initiatives such as datacenter upgrades, hardware refreshes, platform migrations, and modernization efforts.
- Partner with architecture, security, networking, and application teams to deliver projects with minimal operational impact.
- Develop and mentor engineering leaders, fostering accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 8+ years of systems or infrastructure engineering experience in on‑prem datacenter environments.
- 3+ years of people management experience leading managers and/or senior engineers.
- Strong experience with VMware and/or Nutanix platforms and enterprise storage systems.
- Proven success driving automation and infrastructure modernization.
- Experience leading complex infrastructure projects end to end.
- Familiarity with automation and infrastructure‑as‑code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python).
- Experience in regulated or high‑availability environments.
Nice to have
- This role oversees teams responsible for compute, storage, virtualization, and core systems, with a strong focus on automation, standardization, and project execution.
- Cloud experience is a plus, but the primary focus is on on‑prem infrastructure excellence.
Compensation
- Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
Benefits
- Through a smart platform and better experience, Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle.
- Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
- Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
- We offer generous paid time off for our non-exempt team members, starting with 3 weeks + 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays.
- We also offer flexible time off for our exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
- Education assistance opportunities and free LinkedIn Learning access
- Free mental health and family planning programs, including adoption assistance and fertility support
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