Sr. Systems Engineer
McKesson

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.

About CoverMyMeds

CoverMyMeds is a leading healthcare technology company dedicated to helping patients get the medications they need more easily and efficiently. Through innovative platforms and collaborative partnerships, we remove barriers in the prescription process, making healthcare simpler and more accessible for everyone.

Application Support Engineer )

We're looking for an Application Support Engineer to support and enhance our on-premise and cloud applications, ensuring reliable delivery, performance, and availability across our platforms.

Position Summary

In this role, you'll lead technical efforts to maintain, improve, and troubleshoot application services while mentoring teammates and driving operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a team leader and mentor.
  
• Design strategies to improve application availability, performance, and overall system health.
  
• Diagnose and resolve complex application issues.
  
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement long-term fixes.
  
• Identify and resolve recurring incidents to reduce mean time to resolution.
  
• Support application deployments and DevOps workflows.
  
• Create and refine processes to meet SLO/SLA targets.
  
• Develop, maintain, and automate Disaster Recovery documentation.
  
• Manage application-related data tasks, including SQL queries, stored procedures, and jobs.
  
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
  
• Provide documentation and evidence for annual audits.
  

Minimum Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no sponsorship available).
  
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; typically 4+ years of relevant work experience.
  

Critical Skills

• Able to work independently and exercise sound judgment.
  
• 4-7+ years with Windows Server administration.
  
• 4-7+ years supporting both fat-client and web applications on Windows Server with SQL Server backends.
  
• 3+ years supporting system integrations (web services/APIs on IIS).
  
• 3+ years with automated build/provisioning processes.
  
• Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python, etc.) for application or cloud automation.
  
• 2+ years writing T-SQL and updating stored procedures.
  

Preferred Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Ability to analyze complex systems with high attention to detail.
  
• Experience with public cloud providers (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
  
• Virtualization experience (VMware, Citrix).
  
• Familiarity with IT monitoring (Solarwinds,LogicMonitor) and APM tools (Datadog, Dynatrace).
  
• Experience with DevOps tools (Jenkins, Git,Rundeck, Terraform).
  
• Inclusive, team-focused leadership mindset.
  
• Cloud certification strongly preferred.
  

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

$110,400 - $184,000

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McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation please contact us by sending an email to Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com.

Join us at McKesson!

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