Director of Systems Engineering - On Site

The ideal candidate is an experienced infrastructure leader with deep expertise in enterprise systems, cloud platforms, virtualization, storage, DevOps, and IT operations. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight, ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of the university’s critical infrastructure while leading a team of engineers and collaborating across multiple departments., * Lead and develop the Systems Engineering team while providing strategic direction and technical guidance.

• Oversee enterprise server infrastructure, storage platforms, virtualization, and cloud environments (AWS and Azure).
• Manage day-to-day systems operations, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Drive infrastructure automation and DevOps initiatives to improve operational efficiency.
• Lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Support enterprise applications through management of databases, middleware, web services, and load balancing.
• Oversee campus safety technologies, including physical access control, video surveillance, emergency communications, and related systems.
• Ensure infrastructure security, compliance, vulnerability remediation, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Manage infrastructure budgets, vendor relationships, licensing, and technology lifecycle planning.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point during major infrastructure incidents.
• Collaborate with IT leadership, academic departments, campus stakeholders, and external vendors to deliver reliable technology solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Infrastructure, or IT Operations.
• Previous experience leading infrastructure, systems, or operations teams.
• Strong expertise with:
• Windows Server and Linux administration
• Enterprise storage platforms
• Virtualization technologies
• AWS and Azure cloud platforms
• Enterprise backup and disaster recovery
• DevOps and infrastructure automation
• Database platforms, middleware, web services, and load balancing
• Strong understanding of enterprise security, compliance, business continuity, and disaster recovery best practices.
• Experience managing infrastructure budgets and vendor relationships.
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Windows Server certifications.
• Microsoft Azure or AWS certifications.
• Red Hat certifications (RHCSA or RHCE).
• Nutanix certifications.
• NetApp certifications.
• Rubrik certifications.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring, patch management, and IT service management platforms.
• Experience supporting higher education or large enterprise environments., * How many years of Systems Engineering, Infrastructure, or IT Operations leadership experience do you have?
• How many years of Windows Server and Linux administration experience do you have?
• How many years of AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure experience do you have?

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