Assistant Director, Systems Administration and Security

Assistant Director, Systems Administration and Security

Posting Number req
27200

Department Infrastructure Services

Department Website Link https://it.arizona.edu/

Location Tucson Campus

Address Tucson, AZ USA

University Information Technology Services (UITS) is the University of Arizona’s central technology organization. UITS delivers enterprise and specialized technology services that support students, faculty, researchers, staff, and campus partners. Through innovation, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to accessibility and continuous improvement, UITS supports the evolving needs of a leading research university and the communities it serves.

UITS invites applicants for the Assistant Director, Systems Administration and Security (Systems Administration Manager III) position.

The Assistant Director, Systems Administration and Security leads a team of managers and systems administrators who provide maintenance and support for physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers, prioritizing systems and network security while partnering with other groups within UITS and across campus to ensure business operations are maintained without interruption. Because security is a key component of this role, success will be accelerated by prioritizing the use of UITS-managed cloud services as much as possible.

This role is responsible for systems administration work in support of work within colleges and divisions with an emphasis on research activities and technology.

This is a hybrid position based at the University of Arizona Tucson Main Campus and requires on-site work three days per week.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Manage a team responsible for enterprise level architecture, design, maintenance, and functionality of servers, virtual server environments, storage systems, backup systems, patch management, and logging and monitoring processes.
• Conduct weekly team meetings to drive strategy and one-on-one interactions focused on coaching, development, and performance.
• Actively grow and diversify technical skill sets of each staff member.
• Define and implement server, storage, backup and monitoring infrastructure architecture in alignment and support of the university and campus strategic plans.
• Manage and oversee enterprise projects, planning, timelines, and deliverables.
• Provide weekly updates of progress through reporting and analytics.
• Serve as escalation point and liaison between Infrastructure Services teams and SVP/College/Division IT teams within UITS.
• Participate in building relationships and sharing/advocating UITS/campus needs to develop effective enterprise solutions.
• Develop and execute plans for comprehensive adoption of UITS Managed Cloud Services (where appropriate), and communicate regularly with IT leadership, faculty, researchers, project and program managers, and other key stakeholders to understand business requirements and provide relevant progress updates and performance metrics.

• Ability to set expectations, develop staff, and create a proactive team environment for effectively developing solutions that satisfy the business objectives of the…