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Senior Healthcare IT Infrastructure Engineer

Job Category: Information Technology

Requisition Number: SENIO001102

• Posted : July 16, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site
• Salary : $130,000 USD per year

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Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Description

The Safer Foundation is a social service provider to individuals with arrest and conviction records. Through a full range of services, including case management, educational instruction and advocacy, we focus on preparing individuals for the world of work by helping them find and keep productive and meaningful employment

Build Technology That Changes Lives

At Safer Foundation, technology powers opportunity. For more than 50 years, we've helped individuals rebuild their lives through employment, education, and supportive services. Now, we're launching the Safer Pathways Center, an innovative behavioral and mental health treatment facility, and we're looking for a senior-level IT Infrastructure Engineer with clinical healthcare experience to help build the secure, reliable technology foundation that will support exceptional patient care and transform lives.

This is a rare opportunity to help design and support the technology infrastructure for a startup clinical healthcare organization while partnering with one of the nation's leading nonprofit reentry organizations.

What You'll Do

As our Senior Healthcare IT Infrastructure Engineer, you'll serve as the technical lead responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and supporting the infrastructure that powers both the Safer Pathways Center and Safer Foundation.

You’ll:

• Design and maintain secure enterprise network infrastructure, servers, cloud environments, and Microsoft technologies.
• Lead cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance initiatives, ensuring systems meet healthcare security and regulatory requirements.
• Manage Microsoft 365, Azure, Active Directory, Entra ID, Intune, and related enterprise technologies.
• Support business continuity through disaster recovery, backups, monitoring, and infrastructure resilience.
• Partner with clinical, operational, and technology leaders to deliver innovative, secure solutions that support patient care and organizational success.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure and security issues while driving continuous improvement across the technology environment.

Strong understanding of identity and access management, encryption, audit logging, endpoint protection, email security, and security incident response.

• HIPAA / HITECH / 42 CFR Part 2 technical compliance and risk assessment (e.g., HHS SRA Tool) and managing remediation/risk-management plans.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for a hands-on infrastructure professional who combines deep technical expertise with a passion for solving complex challenges.

Preferred qualifications include:

• 7+ years of enterprise IT infrastructure or systems engineering experience.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field.

• Experience supporting healthcare or other HIPAA-regulated environments.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft technologies, cloud infrastructure, networking, identity and access management, and cybersecurity.
• Experience with Azure, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Entra ID, Intune, networking, firewalls, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure.
• A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and a commitment to delivering secure, reliable technology solutions.

Administrative proficiency with a wide range of Microsoft products, including Windows, Windows Server, Microsoft 365, Azure/Entra ID, and Active Directory.

• Minimum of 7 years of successful “hands-on” corporate IT engineer/administrator experience, with at least 3 years supporting a healthcare, behavioral health, or other HIPAA-regulated environment.

Certifications

• Preferred (one or more): HCISPP (HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner), CHPS (Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security), CISSP, CISA.

Why Join Safer Foundation?

When you join Safer Foundation, you're joining a mission-driven organization where your work has a lasting impact. You'll help build the technology that supports life-changing healthcare services while contributing to an organization that has transformed thousands of lives across Illinois for more than five decades. You'll work alongside passionate professionals, tackle meaningful technical challenges, and play a key role in shaping the future of technology for both healthcare and community reentry services.

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