Executive Director, Cloud & Research Computing Systems

🇺🇸 Villanova, PA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Operations

🗓️ June 17th, 2025

Ansible CI/CD Python

Edtech.com's Summary

Villanova University is hiring an Executive Director, Cloud & Research Computing Systems. The role involves providing strategic and operational leadership for the university's hybrid cloud infrastructure and high-performance computing environments, managing cloud systems, on-premises infrastructure, and ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient computing platforms that support research, teaching, and administrative functions.

Highlights

Lead strategic planning for cloud and HPC architectures aligning with university IT and research priorities.
Manage a technical team responsible for cloud engineers, HPC specialists, and system administrators.
Oversee 24/7 operations of hybrid cloud platforms, data centers, and on-prem infrastructure.
Administer Windows and Linux servers, storage systems, and hypervisor platforms to ensure stability and performance.
Provide technical guidance on emerging trends, vendor management, budget planning, and compliance with cybersecurity and data governance standards.
Support faculty computational needs for grant proposals and research computing projects.
Require expertise with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS), HPC environments, automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and scripting languages (Python, PowerShell).
Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, 10+ years in enterprise IT, 5+ years with HPC, and 3+ years leadership experience in cloud platforms.
Preferred qualifications include a master's degree, cloud architecture certifications, and experience in higher education research IT environments.
Salary is commensurate with experience; position reports to the Assistant Vice President for Technology Infrastructure and Research Computing.