Associate Director, Research Computing & IT Infrastructure

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is seeking an Associate Director of Research Operations and Infrastructure to oversee daily IT operations for the department’s computing and network infrastructure. The role supports high availability services and HPC clusters for cutting-edge research.

Leading a team of system administrators, you will drive project execution, disaster recovery testing, and security governance in a collaborative biomedical and academic environment across

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a college or university degree in related field.
• Experience leading IT operations in a research environment is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of security practices and disaster recovery planning.

Responsibilities

• Leads day-to-day operations and project management for systems and network infrastructure.
• Manages and mentors system administrators and research support staff.
• Maintains enterprise storage and SAN environments with capacity and continuity planning.
• Collaborates with Booth Information Security to review threats and document policies.
• Develops tailored technical solutions for researchers across departments.

Skills

Networked servers

HPC systems

Research computing

Python/R/MATLAB/Jupyter/Slurm

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/data science

Master’s degree

Tools

Windows servers

Linux servers

DNS/ DHCP / Active Directory

Storage area networks (SAN)

Job description

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is seeking an Associate Director of Research Operations and Infrastructure to oversee daily IT operations for the department’s computing and network infrastructure. The role supports high availability services and HPC clusters for cutting-edge research.

Leading a team of system administrators, you will drive project execution, disaster recovery testing, and security governance in a collaborative biomedical and academic environment across