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Systems Engineers

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

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about mentoring someone on your team or an application team.

What they are checking: The posting names providing mentoring and acting as a resource for others.

What would you do

Something is down and clinical staff cannot work. How do you run that?

What they are checking: In a hospital an outage is a patient safety event, not just an IT one.

How do you decide when a vendor should be brought in rather than fixing it yourself?

What they are checking: The posting names integrating vendor, manufacturer and point-expertise knowledge.

How do you set a standard or policy that other teams will actually follow?

What they are checking: The posting names establishing standards, policies and procedures for local area networks.

How do you scope a project with a project manager who does not know the technical constraints?

What they are checking: The posting names working directly with project managers to develop scope and outline effort.

About the work

Tell me about the computing systems you have supported and integrated.

What they are checking: The posting names technical leadership for computing systems and systems integration.

Walk me through a capacity or performance analysis you carried out.

What they are checking: The posting names conducting and presenting performance and capacity analysis for reliability.

How do you approach system-to-network connectivity in a distributed environment?

What they are checking: The posting names determining strategy and leading support for system-to-network connectivity.

Walk me through a tier three escalation you resolved.

What they are checking: The posting names T3 support for the healthcare system.

How do you turn a business requirement into a technical specification?

What they are checking: The posting names analyzing business requirements and writing technical specifications.

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The full job description

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The Systems Engineer 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. Job Description Systems Engineers for Chicago, IL location. Provides technical leadership and support for computing systems and systems integration on cross functional project work and T3 support for healthcare system. Conducts, analyzes, recommends and presents performance and/or capacity analysis to assure systems reliability. Determines strategy and leads support for system-to-network connectivity and interfacing to assure stable integration of the NMHC distributed system IT environment. Reviews technology projects, analyzes business requirements, recommends system changes, writes technical specifications, and implements system changes to address changing application requirements. Leads on-going process to integrate vendor, manufacturer, and point-expertise technical knowledge. Provides mentoring and acts as resource for others on the team as well as application teams. Establishes standards, policies, and procedures for local area networks. Creates and maintaining policy and SME documentation. Works directly with project managers to understand application objectives, develop scope of project, outline effort projections, determine schedules, and finalize plans. Develops project plans to direct technology activities either in support of application projects or as independent work activities. Contributes to IS Knowledge Repository. Provides on-call support. Tech: Power BI; Fabric; MS Power Platform. Experience must include: Sharepoint, PowerShell, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, SDLC, Microsoft Azure, REST API, Microsoft 365 Suite, SQL, Data Gateways. Required Skills: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field plus 3 years of experience in IT systems required. Required: 3 years experience with: healthcare systems support; Power BI; Fabric; MS Power Platform. Experience must include: Sharepoint, PowerShell, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, SDLC, Microsoft Azure, REST API, Microsoft 365 Suite, SQL, Data Gateways. Background and drug test required. Hybrid requires 2 days/wk on premises. Must be available for rotational 24hr on-call support, includes holidays and weekends. $93,933/yr-$119,288/yr + Benefits: https://jobs.nm.org/benefits. LMT91201D All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 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. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): 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 at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.

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