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University of Utah

Director of Research Computing and Data

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84193


The Director of Research Computing and Data will assume a pivotal role at the University of Utah. This position will lead the strategic direction in research computing and data to support and advance the University’s pioneering computational and data-enabled research (both open and protected). The Director of Research Computing and Data will provide visionary leadership, experience, strategic direction, and execution guidance to shape the future research computing and data cyberinfrastructure across the University of Utah. They will provide resource and budget planning, faculty support, and expertise in the research computing and data. The Director of Research Computing and Data will be a strategic thinker with an open and collaborative style who fosters teamwork, sustains a learning environment for growing number of staff and develops an open, engaged culture that engenders trust from the broader university-wide research community.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership: Leads teams in development and implementation of research computing and data strategies for university-wide cyberinfrastructure and governance aligned with the University’s mission and vision.

Information Security: Ensures data protection and oversees the University’s enclaves.

Budget Management: Develop and manage the research computing and data budget, evaluate cost models, and optimize spending.

Sustainability: Develop models and strategies for sustainability, including responding to state, federal and other funding opportunities.

Resource Management: Coordinate the acquisition/development, deployment, and operations of the University’s state-of-the-art research computational and data infrastructure and associated services.

Data Management and Sharing: Support compliance with cyberinfrastructure-related requirements from funding agencies.

Collaboration and Partnerships: Engage with faculty, research centers, and external partners, including industry, at the state, regional, and national level.

Integration: Facilitate seamless integrations with on-premises and cloud-based research computing and data solutions.

Technological Advancements: Identify opportunities for growth and pursue novel technologies, architectures, and services for research computing and data.

User Support and Training: Develop scalable onboarding and support structures for researchers and students.

Policy and Governance: Develop and enforce governance processes, policies, and standards.

Expertise: Complement existing research computing and data expertise at the university.

Minimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in related computer science, Business Administration, or related area, or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience); eight years of progressively more responsible management experience; and demonstrated leadership, human relations and effective communications skills required.

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