Sr Research Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Sr Research Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Augusta University

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 299031

Provide advanced technical expertise for the design, implementation, maintenance, and operational support of research infrastructure services that support Augusta University’s research enterprise, including research computing, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence initiatives. This position is responsible for building, operating, and optimizing secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure platforms, including compute, storage, networking, data center services, GPU and accelerator-based resources, and AI-enabled environments, that support data‑intensive, computationally intensive, and regulated research workloads.

The Senior Research Infrastructure Engineer leads infrastructure planning, capacity management, performance optimization, and operational readiness to ensure reliable, sustainable, and secure access to institutional research computing resources across the university. This role also enables AI‑driven research and innovation through support for model development, training, inference, data pipelines, and the secure integration of emerging AI technologies into the broader research environment.

• INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AND OPERATIONS
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  Design, implement, maintain, and optimize infrastructure that supports research computing, HPC, AI workloads, storage, backup, and related enterprise services.
• TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION AND STANDARDS
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  Maintain technical documentation, standards, configuration records, architecture documentation, and operational procedures.
• INFRASTRUCTURE COLLABORATION AND SOLUTIONS
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  Collaborate with researchers, faculty, vendors, and IT staff to assess infrastructure needs and deliver technical solutions aligned with research priorities, including AI‑driven and data‑intensive initiatives.
• SYSTEMS SECURITY AND INTEGRATION
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  Support identity, access, security, networking, system integration, and data movement requirements for research computing, HPC, and AI‑enabled environments.
• INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND UPGRADES
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  Plan and implement infrastructure upgrades, patching, capacity improvements, automation, and lifecycle management activities for research computing, HPC, and AI platforms.
• INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING AND SUPPORT
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  Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure, system, storage, network, GPU, and performance issues to maintain secure, reliable, and highly available operations.
• OTHER
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  Perform other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and six years of experience in research computing or systems administration OR Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university and eight years of experience in research computing or systems administration.

Experience supporting research infrastructure services in a higher education, research, or academic medical center environment. Experience supporting cloud, hybrid, and on‑premises infrastructure used for research technology and data services. Experience supporting secure, compliant, and service‑oriented infrastructure environments used for research activities. Proficiency with scripting, automation, monitoring, version control, and related tools used in infrastructure administration and operational support. Experience working in cross‑functional teams with architects, engineers, security staff, vendors, and research stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.

Research infrastructure services and technical platforms that support research computing, HPC, AI, and enterprise research operations. Infrastructure administration across Linux/Unix systems, storage platforms, cloud services, virtualization, and hybrid environments. Monitoring, troubleshooting, automation, performance optimization, and security support for complex infrastructure services.

Shift: Days; M‑F (work outside of the standard business hours may be required). Pay Band: B16. Salary: $95,200/annually–$121,400/annually. Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected…