Senior Academic Technology Lead
Core
Lead planning, coordination, and support of compute resources and academic technologies for engineering courses, acting as a bridge between faculty needs and university/external IT resources.
Role type
Senior Academic Technology Lead (Strategy & Implementation)
Builds
Instructional compute environments, vendor tool evaluations, and faculty-tech integration pathways
Domain
Higher Education / Engineering Education / Academic Computing
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Academic technology strategy, compute resource management (Linux, Windows VDI, GPU), vendor evaluation, instructional design principles, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), stakeholder management, technical requirements translation
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in engineering/CS/IT, experience with HPC/GPU environments, LMS platform familiarity, active learning pedagogy
Technologies
Linux, Windows VDI, AWS, Azure, GCP, LMS, Qualtrics, polling tools
Responsibilities
Advise leadership on academic technology strategy and risks; Identify instructional compute needs for engineering programs; Evaluate and recommend vendor software and cloud solutions; Connect faculty with central IT teams for LMS and tool support; Maintain documentation for computing options; Participate in university-level teaching innovation working groups
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory duties
