Senior Director of IT Infrastructure, Cloud Platform Services; Administrator III

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

California State University (CSU), Chico is a comprehensive and residential public university, holding Hispanic‑Serving Institution (HSI) designation. Chico State operates as part of the 23‑campus CSU system, which educates the most ethnically, economically, and academically diverse student body in the nation. The University enrolls over 15,000 students, with over half identifying as first‑generation college students. Chico State is committed to recruiting outstanding candidates.

The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and the elimination of equity gaps, have demonstrated experience working with diverse populations, and will contribute to policies, programs, and practices that support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning and working environment. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, veterans, and those with diverse abilities are encouraged to apply.

The Senior Director of IT Infrastructure, Cloud, & Platform Services provides strategic leadership, vision, and operational oversight for the University’s hybrid IT ecosystem, including cloud platforms, on‑premises infrastructure, network services, data center, research computing, and enterprise hosting environments. This role is responsible for transforming traditional infrastructure services into scalable, secure, and resilient platform‑based services that enable teaching, learning, research, and administrative excellence.

The Senior Director leads the evolution of the University’s technology landscape toward cloud‑first, automation‑driven, and AI‑enabled capabilities, while ensuring high availability, performance, and security of mission‑critical systems.

The position plays a key leadership role in:

• Advancing digital transformation initiatives
• Supporting data‑intensive research and high‑performance computing needs
• Enabling modern application development and integration environments
• Partnering on cybersecurity, data governance, and compliance strategies
• Delivering reliable, customer‑centered infrastructure services

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 7–10+ years of progressive IT leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience leading:
  • Cloud adoption or infrastructure transformation
  • Enterprise infrastructure or platform services teams
• Experience in higher education or research environments strongly preferred
• Experience developing and operationalizing Disaster Recovery (DR) Plans and Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise cloud transformation initiatives, including migration from legacy infrastructure to hybrid or cloud‑based environments.
• Experience implementing automation, Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC), Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or platform engineering practices.
• Experience supporting research computing, high‑performance computing (HPC), AI/ML infrastructure, or data‑intensive computing environments.
• Experience managing cloud financial operations, technology lifecycle planning, or consumption‑based technology budgeting models.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational transformation, including modernization of technical teams, processes, and service delivery models.
• Experience building collaborative partnerships across infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, and customer support organizations.
• Experience supporting complex higher education or similarly decentralized organizations with diverse stakeholder needs.

Full‑time. Pay Plan: 12/12.

Work Schedule:

Monday‑Friday 8:00 am–5:00 pm, Summer:
Monday‑Thursday 7:00 am–5:30 pm. Anticipated salary up to $176,412 per year, commensurate with education and experience. This position qualifies for benefits, including tuition fee waiver (if eligible). CSU, Chico offers a number of benefits to its employees (e.g., sick leave, vacation, health insurance).

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