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University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Director, Research Computing

🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Research

🗓️ November 25th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

UNC Charlotte is hiring a Director of Research Computing. This role manages a team supporting high-performance computing, research servers, and software, while developing strategic technology plans and maintaining relationships across academic and IT departments to align research computing services with organizational goals.

Highlights
  • Manage technical projects and ensure quality operation of HPC and research computing solutions.
  • Develop 1, 3, and 5-year technical plans aligned with campus and OneIT goals.
  • Maintain broad technical knowledge through peer/vendor relationships and ongoing training.
  • Oversee and develop a team including system administrators, programmers, and training specialists.
  • Support information security program goals and execute strategic technology reviews.
  • Required: Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years relevant experience.
  • Preferred: Master’s degree, HPC design and deployment experience, server, network, security expertise, and management experience in educational settings.
  • Work in the Office of OneIT, serving university academic and research communities.
  • Full-time exempt position with 40 hours per week, includes occasional evenings/weekends.