Associate Director, Research, Operations, and Infrastructure
Core
Oversees daily operations, project management, and maintenance of reliable network, server, storage, and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure for a business school's research and data center services.
Role type
Senior IT Operations and Infrastructure Manager
Builds
Production-grade network, server, storage, and HPC clusters supporting academic research and data center services
Domain
Higher Education / IT Infrastructure / High-Performance Computing
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Network infrastructure management, server administration (Windows/Linux), storage area network (SAN) management, high-performance computing (HPC) cluster management, disaster recovery planning, team leadership, project management, budget forecasting
Preferred skills
Higher education industry experience, supervisory experience, knowledge of research computing workflows (Python, R, MATLAB, Slurm)
Technologies
Windows, Linux, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, SAN, HPC clusters, Python, R, MATLAB, Jupyter, Slurm
Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day operations for systems, network, and core infrastructure services; manage a team of system administrators and research support staff; maintain enterprise storage and SAN environments; collaborate with faculty to develop tailored technical solutions for research needs; plan and implement new systems, automation, and virtualization technology; manage disaster recovery infrastructure and conduct bi-annual tests; develop standards and procedures for production server maintenance.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management responsibilities