Executive Director, Scientific Computing & Research Infra

University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kentucky; On-site; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and holidays

Insurance

Retirement benefits

Job summary

The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health seeks a Senior Director of Scientific Computing and Research Infrastructure to provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and technical direction for the SMPH’s computing ecosystem. This role guides HPC, on-premises and cloud platforms, data storage, software environments, and cyberinfrastructure for data-intensive research.

Collaborating with faculty, core facilities, IT, cybersecurity, and external partners, the

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in scientific computing, research infrastructure, or enterprise computing environments for research.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership and personnel management experience.
• Experience supporting biomedical, academic, healthcare, or research-intensive environments through cloud platforms and services, Linux system administration, and container technologies for research.
• Demonstrated success managing enterprise-scale scientific computing and storage infrastructure.
• Experience leading cloud computing initiatives and hybrid infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a multi-year strategy and roadmap for scientific computing, research data infrastructure, cloud services, and emerging technologies aligned with institutional research priorities and growth.
• Advise institutional and research leadership on advanced and emerging technologies, including machine learning and AI for research, omics, computational biology and large-scale data science.
• Direct the architecture, operation, capacity planning, and lifecycle management of high-performance computing infrastructure, including clusters, CPU/GPU resources, virtualization, containerization, and scientific software environments.
• Lead enterprise research cloud strategy and hybrid computing architectures across on-premises and cloud platforms, establishing standards for provisioning, governance, security, performance, and cost optimization.
• Direct research data infrastructure and lifecycle management, including high-performance storage, archival, backup, disaster recovery, data sharing, and long-term stewardship consistent with FAIR principles and funding agency requirements.
• Establish governance and investment frameworks for research cyberinfrastructure, ensuring computing, cloud, storage, and data investments are scalable, sustainable, and aligned with institutional priorities and research needs.
• Build strategic partnerships with investigators, research centers, departments, and core facilities, providing consultation and enabling advanced computational approaches for federally funded, industry-sponsored, and other complex research initiatives.
• Ensure high-quality, responsive research computing services, including reliable resource delivery, technical consultation, training, user support, adoption of advanced computational methods, and measurement of utilization and return on investment.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing scientific computing team, establishing performance and professional development goals while fostering an innovative, collaborative and service-oriented culture.

Skills

Scientific computing

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Linux administration

Container technologies

Education

PhD or terminal degree preferred

Tools

Linux

Containerization

Kubernetes

Virtualization

Job description

The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health seeks a Senior Director of Scientific Computing and Research Infrastructure to provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and technical direction for the SMPH’s computing ecosystem. This role guides HPC, on-premises and cloud platforms, data storage, software environments, and cyberinfrastructure for data-intensive research.

Collaborating with faculty, core facilities, IT, cybersecurity, and external partners, the