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Manager, Infrastructure Cloud Services

Northwestern Medicine · Chicago, IL · Full time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 23, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you led a team through a major outage. What did you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can lead incident response calmly and communicate clearly.

How do you build a team that can support both legacy systems and new cloud services?

What they are checking: Whether they can develop people and skills across old and new technology.

Tell me about a time you had to push back on a request because it put stability at risk.

What they are checking: Whether they protect reliability while staying a good partner.

What would you do

A clinical application is slow and the vendor blames the network. How do you work through it?

What they are checking: Whether they troubleshoot across layers and lead others to a real root cause.

About the work

How would you decide whether a workload belongs in the cloud or stays on premises in a health system?

What they are checking: Whether they weigh cost, latency, compliance and clinical risk instead of following a trend.

How do you make sure cloud systems handling patient data meet HIPAA and security requirements?

What they are checking: Whether they understand compliance controls, encryption and access in the cloud.

How do you control cloud spending as usage grows?

What they are checking: Whether they practice cost monitoring and governance rather than waiting for the bill.

How do you plan disaster recovery for systems a hospital depends on around the clock?

What they are checking: Whether they understand recovery objectives and testing for critical systems.

How do you use automation to reduce manual work for your team?

What they are checking: Whether they support the automation goals the department names.

How do you measure whether your team is running services well?

What they are checking: Whether they use metrics like uptime and ticket trends to manage.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The Manager Infrastructure Cloud Services , reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The Manager, Infrastructure Cloud Services is responsible for the management and leading a team to build and support services in the cloud or onsite. The Manager is responsible for guaranteeing that technology systems, services, and processes run smoothly and efficiently in support of Northwestern Medicine’s operations. The Manager will be responsible for troubleshooting software application problems, system administration issues, or network concerns along with systems management and integration functions. Northwestern Medicine Information Services drives innovative, high-value solutions to transform health care. We are committed to supporting the relentless pursuit of better medicine by providing exceptional service to our patients and guests as well as internal clients across the organization. To ensure excellence, our team goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that our systems work together seamlessly. Northwestern Medicine understands that technology plays an integral role in shaping the future of health care. Information Services strategically supports the organization by: • Leveraging AI, automation and rollout of advanced cyber controls that support digital transformation strategies • Implementing advanced technologies in clinical and administrative areas • Furthering development of the end user support model to help enhance modern infrastructure Responsibilities: • Proven experience working in a Cloud/IaaS environment (Private and Public) such as AWS, GCP, Azure or Openstack • Investigate and troubleshoot software application issues related to the infrastructure • Perform root cause analysis of infrastructure related activities • Provide technical guidance or support for the development or troubleshooting of applications or systems issues • Provide advice on project costs, application design concepts, or application design changes • Verify stability, interoperability, portability, security, or scalability of system architecture • Maintain end to end architecture/system with integrated systems • Plan, coordinate, assign, and account for the work of Systems staff • Coordinate the development of annual systems plans • Supports the delivery of work leveraging Agile, Scrum, and / or Kanban • Monitor, measure, and report customer service levels against agreed upon performance standards • Demonstrate the ability to “get things done”, effectively direct the execution of the projects to support the achievement of successful, on-time and on-budget delivery of IT commitments. • Manage resource agility/versatility for all direct reports and assist with progression of employee career paths • Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and contract management policies for cost-effectiveness, negotiate licensing agreements, plan for major software/infrastructure upgrades, and ensure that service management processes are used. • Demonstrate the ability to deal with the changing environment and to lead/facilitate and manage change efficiently and effectively where appropriate • Manage operating and capital budgets to meet NMHC budget goals • Unquestionable integrity, credibility and character and demonstrated high moral, ethical behavior Additional Functions: • Present to NM operational leadership meetings • Present to industry conferences as needed • Represent NM at local user groups and symposiums Required: • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience • Additionally, 5 or more years of experience in Information Services management of Cloud, On Prem, and Virtualized Services. • Management experience with complex, cross-organizational systems. • Demonstrated project & process management skills. • Demonstrated budget management skills. • Demonstrated ability to effectively establish and maintain working relationships with peers and constituents at all levels of the organization. • Demonstrated analysis and problem-solving skills. • Experience working with and negotiating with external vendors. • Experience working with and negotiating vendor contracts. • Excellent team building skills. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Outstanding coordination, facilitation, consultation, and conflict resolution skills. Preferred: • Healthcare technology background • Master’s degree in related field Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information NorthwesternMedicine Career Page https://jobs.nm.org/benefits Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings. If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception : New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.

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