Lead Systems Engineer – Collaboration Services & Security

Northwestern University; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision and life ins.

Paid time off and holidays

Tuition benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Career development

Job summary

Northwestern University seeks a senior IT leader to direct the strategic planning, design, and implementation of Collaboration Services infrastructure that supports email, document management, conferencing, and messaging across Evanston, Chicago, and international campuses.

The role provides technical supervision to junior staff, consults with stakeholders, and guides high-level system integration to ensure secure, reliable operations and alignment with university goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Directs/architects scalable systems to meet future growth.
• Leads design, engineering, and implementation for Collaboration Services infrastructure.
• Provides guidance to stakeholders and drives business process improvements across products.
• Oversees vendor engagements and security definitions for campus systems.

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Active Directory

Google App Engine

Box / Cloud storage

Nagios

Puppet/Chef/Ansible

VMware vSphere

SQL/MySQL/Postgres

Tomcat

Azure

Office 365

Java

JavaScript

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Northwestern University seeks a senior IT leader to direct the strategic planning, design, and implementation of Collaboration Services infrastructure that supports email, document management, conferencing, and messaging across Evanston, Chicago, and international campuses.

The role provides technical supervision to junior staff, consults with stakeholders, and guides high-level system integration to ensure secure, reliable operations and alignment with university goals.