University of Vermont
Deputy Chief Technology Officer
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Burlington, VT
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $110K - $150K
💻 Information Technology
🗓️ November 18th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Lead coordination of cross-functional IT infrastructure projects impacting the entire university.
- Oversee daily operations of teams including Collaboration Services, Endpoint Management, Infrastructure, Network Services, and Research Computing.
- Develop and manage project plans, track milestones, and align resources with institutional goals.
- Manage responses to external audits and monitor ticket workflows for timely resolution.
- Participate in IT contract reviews ensuring alignment with standards and work with key vendors for quality service.
- Require expertise in networking, datacenters, servers, virtualization, storage, collaboration platforms (e.g., M365), AI tools, endpoint management, and security platforms.
- Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a technical field, at least 10 years managing large-scale IT infrastructure, 4 years supervising IT teams, strong project management skills, and commitment to security-first principles.
- Desirable qualifications include experience in higher education IT, disaster recovery, VDI, unified communications, cloud strategies, and security frameworks like NIST.
- Compensation range: $110,000 to $150,000 per year.
- Position requires a hybrid work schedule option and a background check; exempt status, no union affiliation.
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| Advertising/Posting Title | Deputy Chief Technology Officer |
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| Posting Summary | The Deputy Chief Technology Officer (CTO) plays a pivotal role in advancing UVM’s strategic infrastructure technology initiatives by partnering closely with the CTO and IT Managers. Responsible for coordinating complex, cross-functional projects with university-wide impact, and contributing to seamless day-to-day operations across IT infrastructure teams, including Collaboration Services, Endpoint Management, Infrastructure, Network Services, and Research Computing. As a strategic partner to the CTO, the Deputy CTO will help prioritize initiatives, align resources with ETS-wide and institutional goals, and operationalize major components of the IT strategic plan. This includes developing and managing project plans, tracking milestones, and facilitating inter-team collaboration to ensure timely and effective execution. Represent the CTO in project meetings as needed and help facilitate innovation to address campus needs. Coordinate inter-team collaboration and help improve operations across IT Infrastructure teams, enhancing IT services and project delivery. Other key responsibilities include tasks such as overseeing responses to external audits, maintaining up-to-date IT engineering project lists, and monitoring ticket workflows to ensure timely resolution. Participate in the IT Contract Review process to ensure that technology acquisitions align with institutional standards and needs. Work with key IT vendors to ensure quality service and support. While this position is largely focused on functional leadership, they will handle some administrative supervision tasks at the delegation of the CTO. The deputy acts on behalf of the CTO or in the absence of the CTO as a designee on technology decisions, in collaboration with the other Infrastructure Managers, and in conjunction with the CIO. |
| Minimum Qualifications (or equivalent combination of education and experience) | This role requires a broad and deep understanding of IT systems, including networking, telephony, datacenters, servers and virtualization, storage and backups, research computing and high-performance computing, collaboration platforms (e.g., M365), artificial intelligence tools, endpoint management, and operational security platforms. The Deputy CTO is expected to foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
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| Anticipated Pay Range | $110,000-$150,000 |
| Other Information | |
| Special Conditions | A probationary period may be required, This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with an option to split time between campus and elsewhere, in accordance with the university telecommuting policy, Background Check required for this position |
| FLSA | Exempt |
| Union Position | No |
Position will be posted for a minimum of one week, after which it is subject to removal without notice.
| Job Location | Burlington, Vermont, United States |
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| Job Open Date | 11/17/2025 |
| Job Close Date (Jobs close at 11:59 PM EST.) | |
| Open Until Filled | No |
The University of Vermont is a welcoming, educationally purposeful community committed to creating an inclusive environment that embraces intellectual diversity and global perspectives. We seek to prepare students to be accountable leaders who will bring to their work a grasp of complexity, effective problem-solving and communication skills, and an enduring commitment to learning and ethical conduct. Members of the University of Vermont community embrace and advance the values of Our Common Ground: Respect, Integrity, Innovation, Openness, Justice, and Responsibility. Staff play a critical role in this effort and the successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to UVM’s mission and advancing Our Common Ground values through the execution of their job duties.
| Position Title | Systems Engineering PC5 X |
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| Posting Number | S5823PO |
| Department | Enterprise Technology Services/11600 |
| Position Number | 00027704 |
| Percent of Full-Time | 1.0 |
| Standard Hours at 1.0 FTE | 37.5 |
| Term (months per year) | 12 |
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