Research Tech Lead: Compute, Cloud & Security

Tulane University; Louisiana (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Tulane University is seeking a strategic leader to direct the design, implementation, and support of research and academic technology services. You will oversee research computing environments, storage, cloud platforms, and data ecosystems to enable secure, scalable research activities for faculty, staff, and students.

Working with researchers, central IT, information security, and administrators, you will align technology services with institutional goals and sponsor requirements while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, engineering, or related field (equivalent experience considered).
• Significant experience in IT infrastructure, systems administration, or research computing leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise or research computing infrastructure.
• Knowledge of servers, storage, virtualization, networking, cloud services, security controls.
• Support secure environments and manage infrastructure for complex workloads.
• Strong analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Communicate effectively with technical staff, faculty, researchers, and leadership.

Skills

IT leadership

Research computing

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure design

Project management

Security controls

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Tulane University is seeking a strategic leader to direct the design, implementation, and support of research and academic technology services. You will oversee research computing environments, storage, cloud platforms, and data ecosystems to enable secure, scalable research activities for faculty, staff, and students.

Working with researchers, central IT, information security, and administrators, you will align technology services with institutional goals and sponsor requirements while ensuring