IT Associate Director
IT Associate Director
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15-07-2025
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Job Description
25% - Infrastructure Operations & Technical Oversight:
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Work Schedule
M-F 8-5
Contact Information to Applicants
Vickye Kozlowski
Position Overview
The Associate Director of Infrastructure at the University of Kansas is a vital leadership and hands-on technical role within the IT Department. This position directly supports the Senior Director of Infrastructure in overseeing the planning development and management of the universitys technology infrastructure ensuring its reliability security and scalability. This role requires close collaboration and active engagement with the network team and its leadership. As a working director the Associate Director will actively participate in technical tasks project execution and problem-solving alongside various infrastructure teams contributing directly to the operation and evolution of systems that support the universitys research teaching and administrative functions.
KU is not able to provide H-1B sponsorship for this position.
Additional Candidate Instruction
In addition to the online application the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
Only complete applications will be considered.
Application review begins Monday July 21 2025 For consideration please apply no later than Sunday July 20 2025.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership and expertise in the design implementation and maintenance of the universitys IT infrastructure including data centers networks servers storage systems and secure cloud integration.
- Actively participate in troubleshooting problem resolution and escalation management for critical infrastructure issues.
- Ensure the performance availability and resilience of infrastructure components leveraging advanced monitoring and observability tools.
- Lead the development of process and practice standards and documentation within assigned teams promoting infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
- Assist the Senior Director in developing and executing a comprehensive infrastructure strategy aligned with the universitys academic and research missions.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and trends including software-defined infrastructure concepts providing recommendations to enhance and optimize the universitys infrastructure landscape.
- Support the universitys cloud strategy including the adoption and integration of cloud services and explore hybrid solutions.
- Provide direct supervision guidance and mentorship to infrastructure team members fostering a high-performing environment.
- Delegate projects and tasks to team members and monitor progress.
- Support professional development opportunities for the team and encourage collaboration and innovation.
- Oversee and manage ongoing maintenance and upgrade plans for existing systems by working with stakeholders.
- Collaborate with various IT teams campus constituents and external stakeholders to understand requirements prepare project plans and ensure successful project delivery. This includes significant interaction and coordination with the enterprise networking team on shared initiatives and operational challenges.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with campus clients regarding project needs status and implementation plans.
- Assist in the evaluation selection and management of relationships with external vendors and service providers for infrastructure initiatives.
- Develop requirements for hardware and software purchases and interact with vendors to evaluate and acquire necessary resources.
- Aid in the negotiation of contracts and service-level agreements.
- Provide input into the development and management of the infrastructure budget ensuring effective allocation of resources.
- Support overall IT budget and investment decisions.
- Collaborate with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other security teams to establish and enforce security policies and practices within the infrastructure domain with a focus on Zero Trust principles and network segmentation.
- Ensure infrastructure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Work Schedule
M-F 8-5
Contact Information to Applicants
Vickye Kozlowski
- Bachelors degree and five years of relevant experience.
- Seven years of progressively responsible professional experience in an IT infrastructure environment as evidenced by application materials.
- Two years of progressive supervisory or technical lead experience over teams as evidenced by application materials and work history.
- Demonstrated hands-on technical expertise in networking in at least one of the following areas: servers storage virtualization cloud platforms or data center operations as evidenced by application materials.
- Excellent written communication skills as evidenced by application materials.
- Masters degree or higher in computer science telecommunications networking engineering or a related technical field.
- Previous experience with ITIL and service-oriented philosophies as evidenced by application materials.
- Previous experience with IT Business Continuity planning as evidenced by application materials.
- Demonstrated ability to be highly self-directed and detail-oriented with a high attention to accuracy as evidenced by work history and application materials.
- Previous experience with cloud-hosted and premise-hosted resources in a hybrid environment as evidenced by application materials.
- Previous experience with infrastructure automation tools (e.g. Ansible Terraform Python scripting for automation) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as evidenced by application materials.
- Knowledge of Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) concepts network segmentation and modern security architectures as evidenced by work history and application materials.
- Exposure toadvanced monitoring and observability platforms as evidenced by application materials.
- Strong time-management and organizational skills with a record of being flexible accurate detail-oriented reliable and self-motivated as evidenced by work history andapplication materials.
Position Overview
The Associate Director of Infrastructure at the University of Kansas is a vital leadership and hands-on technical role within the IT Department. This position directly supports the Senior Director of Infrastructure in overseeing the planning development and management of the universitys technology infrastructure ensuring its reliability security and scalability. This role requires close collaboration and active engagement with the network team and its leadership. As a working director the Associate Director will actively participate in technical tasks project execution and problem-solving alongside various infrastructure teams contributing directly to the operation and evolution of systems that support the universitys research teaching and administrative functions.
KU is not able to provide H-1B sponsorship for this position.
Additional Candidate Instruction
In addition to the online application the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
- Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications.
- Resume
- List of three (3) professional references
Only complete applications will be considered.
Application review begins Monday July 21 2025 For consideration please apply no later than Sunday July 20 2025.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
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