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Associate Director, Research, Operations, and Infrastructure

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time💰 $135,000–$135,000🗓 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-26

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

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