AVP, Research Computing & HPC Infrastructure

Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond (VA); Ibrido; USD 257.000 - 314.000; Tempo pieno

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Health benefits

Tuition benefits

Retirement planning

Descrizione del lavoro

Virginia Commonwealth University seeks an experienced executive to lead Research Computing Infrastructure within Technology Services. The AVP will shape strategy for HPC, storage, AI/ML workloads, and secure data governance, aligning with NIH/NSF funding goals and university priorities.

The role requires deep HPC expertise, university-level leadership experience, and a proven ability to manage complex technical teams and multi-year capital programs in a hybrid work environment.

Competenze

• Ph.D. in a highly computational scientific or engineering discipline or equivalent academic experience.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience managing complex enterprise or research technology infrastructures and architectures.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience leading and developing technical teams responsible for research computing, cyberinfrastructure, networking, systems administration, or enterprise functions, preferably within a university setting, national laboratory, or advanced supercomputing center.
• Demonstrated deep expertise in modern high-performance computing (HPC) environments, including CPU and GPU architectures, parallel file systems, InfiniBand and high-speed interconnect technology, and Linux cluster provisioning and configuration management platforms like Ansible, xCAT, and Warewulf.
• Advanced knowledge in the design and stewardship of secure research computing and cyberinfrastructure environments that meet federal security and compliance requirements, including NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, and HIPAA.
• Established track record of cultivating trusted partnerships across executive leadership, academic and research units, external organizations, vendors, and community stakeholders.

Mansioni

• Strategic Infrastructure Leadership & Vision: lead consolidation and optimization of distributed HPC resources and personnel to align with strategic goals.
• Long-Range Planning: develop a sustainable roadmap for VCU’s institutional research computing.
• Capital & Lifecycle Management: manage multi-year capital planning, hardware lifecycle, vendor partnerships, and technology refresh for centralized computing and storage.
• Governance & Steering: support faculty-led research computing advisory committees to balance needs across disciplines.
• Technical Operations, Architecture & Service Delivery: oversee HPC, GPU resources, cloud integration, and high-speed networking.
• Faculty Consultation, Enablement & Grant Partnership: collaborate on major proposals and provide infrastructure estimates and architecture diagrams.
• Research Data Security, Compliance & Governance: ensure regulatory alignment with NIST, HIPAA, and other frameworks.

Conoscenze

Strategic thinking

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Team leadership

Problem solving

Formazione

Ph.D. in a highly computational scientific or engineering discipline

Equivalent academic experience

Strumenti

Ansible

xCAT

Warewulf

Globus

Descrizione del lavoro

Virginia Commonwealth University seeks an experienced executive to lead Research Computing Infrastructure within Technology Services. The AVP will shape strategy for HPC, storage, AI/ML workloads, and secure data governance, aligning with NIH/NSF funding goals and university priorities.

The role requires deep HPC expertise, university-level leadership experience, and a proven ability to manage complex technical teams and multi-year capital programs in a hybrid work environment.