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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Client CTO - Higher Education - **Company:** Unisys - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Learning Management Systems, Data Governance, Identity and Access Management, Requirements Traceability, Student Information Systems, Cloud Platform System - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://unisys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/USA-CA-Remote/Sr-Prin-Presales-Sol-Archt_REQ572949 ## About the Role * BA/BS degree and 12+ years' relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience * Master's degree preferred * Demonstrated experience supporting higher-education institutions, preferably public universities or large multi-campus systems (e.g., CSU, UC, Big Ten, state university systems), in a CTO, enterprise architect, CIO advisory, or senior solution architecture role. * Working knowledge of higher-education compliance and governance, including FERPA requirements, student data privacy, institutional data governance, and vendor risk management within academic environments. * Experience operating in decentralized IT models, collaborating with campus IT teams, academic departments, and central governance bodies to align enterprise standards with local autonomy. * Familiarity with accessibility and inclusive technology requirements in higher education, including Section 508, ADA, and CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) expectations for instructional and administrative systems. * Proven success supporting public-sector procurement and RFP responses within higher education, including requirements traceability, evaluation criteria mapping, and stakeholder presentations in formal selection processes. * Ability to translate academic and institutional priorities into technology roadmaps, balancing student experience, faculty needs, research enablement, and administrative efficiency. This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government. ## Description * Leads in the development of complex, tailored solutions, ensuring alignment with client needs and Unisys offerings, often incorporating emerging technologies. * Develops and delivers high-level presentations and demos, articulating the value of proposed solutions to senior-level managers and decision-makers. * Works with sales, product development and engineering teams to align proposed solutions with business objectives, ensuring technical feasibility and optimal client outcomes. * Oversees and contributes to preparation of technical responses for RFPs and RFIs, ensuring competitive and technically sound submissions. * Evaluates potential risks, ensuring that solutions comply with operational standards, security protocols and applicable regulations. * Fosters long-term client relations, providing trusted advice and counsel from a technical and operational perspective. * Serve as a trusted technology advisor to higher-education leadership, including campus CIOs, deputy CIOs, and central system stakeholders, with an understanding of shared governance models, academic culture, and decentralized IT environments common in public university systems. * Guide solution architectures that support core higher-education systems, such as Student Information Systems (SIS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), identity and access management (IAM), research computing, and campus administrative platforms, ensuring interoperability and long-term sustainability. * Ensure proposed solutions align with higher-education regulatory and policy requirements, including FERPA, CSU systemwide policies, State of California requirements, and digital accessibility mandates (e.g., Section 508, ADA). * Navigate complex procurement, funding, and approval processes, including public-sector RFPs, multiyear funding cycles, grant-funded initiatives, and system-level vs. campus-level decision authority within large university systems. * Partner with academic, administrative, and IT stakeholders to balance innovation with operational stability, recognizing the dual mission of higher-education institutions to support instruction, research, and student services. * Provide technical leadership during modernization initiatives, including legacy system transformation, migration to cloud-based platforms, cybersecurity modernization, and digital accessibility improvements across instructional and non-instructional systems. ## Related Videos - [Making Teaching Code Less Academic and More Market-Ready - Peter Ruppel](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1911-making-teaching-code-less-academic-and-more-market-ready-peter-ruppel) - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [Cloud Vendor Lock-In - Is it just a new version of the Database Abstraction Layers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1185-cloud-vendor-lock-in-is-it-just-a-new-version-of-the-database-abstraction-layers) - [Data Governance in the Era of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1622-data-governance-in-the-era-of-ai) - [Hosting a modern justice system](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/332-hosting-a-modern-justice-system) - [The Future of Recruiting: Innovations and Challenges in the European IT Sector](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1056-the-future-of-recruiting-innovations-and-challenges-in-the-european-it-sector) ## Related Articles - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [The Best Job Search Websites of 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/368-the-best-job-search-websites-of-2025) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)