Infrastructure Manager, Business Intelligence

Date Posted:
11/21/09
Career Level:
Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)
Pay Range:
Negotiable
Education:
Bachelor's
Job Function:
Database Administrator / Developer
Job Status:
Full-Time
Industry:
Media / Publishing / Journalism, Healthcare / Medical, Public Policy / Think Tank, Consulting Services
Job Division:
Information Technology
Job Code:
2009-5234
Contact Information:
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Advisory Board Company

Washington, DC

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Infrastructure Manager, Business Intelligence Solutions

Job ID:	2009-5234	Location:	US-DC-
Category:	Information Technology

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Infrastructure Manager, Business Intelligence Solutions
The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO)
www.advisory.com

Forbes: Ranked in “200 Best Companies” Issue
Washingtonian: Featured among DC's “Best Places to Work”
Vault.com: Listed among Top 50 Management and Strategy Consulting Firms
Modern Healthcare: Named as 2^nd Largest Provider of Healthcare Consulting Services
Modern Healthcare: 2009 “Best Places to Work”

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a leading health care services firm providing best practices insight, leadership development, implementation and technology solutions. The company currently serves over 2,700 of the country's preeminent hospitals and health care systems as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies and insurers. Our continually expanding business portfolio provides employees with significant opportunities for career development at an accelerated pace, while a unique culture fosters spirit of generosity, ‘right answer' orientation, and continuous learning.

Position Info:

The Infrastructure Manager will bring to the position a strong leadership mindset to develop and participate in overall IT planning, bringing a current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems. The Infrastructure Manager will work on project teams as a technical expert and deliver quality products according to project schedule. Strong emphasis on collaboration, coordination, advocacy, and mentoring

Specific responsibilities include:

Project planning and execution of infrastructure initiatives such as infrastructure upgrades, high availability initiatives, centralized management, and consolidation.
Manage operations staff allocated to projects to ensure timely, under budget delivery of projects.
Interact with vendors and other interfacing teams to ensure successful implementation of initiatives.
Conduct performance analysis, benchmarks, trending & capacity planning. Provide metrics and analysis of existing gaps and make recommendations.
Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends in infrastructure best-practices to make informed recommendations for new tools and technologies.
Interface and coordinate with application programmers, operations, and other technical support staff throughout development lifecycles.
Engage with application development teams on current infrastructure projects, evaluate existing solutions & infrastructure and provide recommendations.
Proven ability to implement new standards and processes as well as standardize systems already in place.
Communicate and guide application and data-warehouse architecture team on infrastructure best practices.

Qualifications:

Required Skills and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
8 or more years of IT experience, and at least 3-5 years of leading IT infrastructure design and implementation of enterprise systems infrastructures
Experience in infrastructure project delivery and staff management.
Experience as a UNIX or Linux System Administrator is required.
Experience managing enterprise support systems (monitoring, backup, etc).
Experience designing and implementing high availability systems.
Experience trouble-shooting systems, network, and application issues.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Managing effective relationships with vendors and internal partners (hosting provider, vendor support, product development).

Preferred Background

Experience administering enterprise NetApp storage. Understanding of SAN layouts and volume management
Experience with scripting, configuration management, and disaster recovery
Understanding of security from host, network, and application perspectives
Working knowledge of Oracle Database and ETL.
Prior experience in business intelligence /data warehousing environments

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, The Advisory Board Company offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including a comprehensive health plan, a 401(k) plan with match, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a daytime leave policy for community service, tuition assistance, a medical flexible spending account, and additional attractive benefits.

An Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer

Company Profile

Advisory Board Company

Advisory Board Company Homepage

Total Employees: 750

Ticker Symbol: ABCO

The Advisory Board Company is a strategic research firm serving a membership of 2,500 of the nation's largest and most progressive health systems, medical centers, health science corporations and insurance companies. Through in-depth analysis of health care trends, extensive interviews with industry leaders and secondary research, the Advisory Board publishes 30 major strategy studies and 5,000 customized research briefs each year on progressive management, operational and clinical practices in health care. Our mission is to provide strategic insight
and direction to the larger health care community.

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