Director Research Cyberinfrastructure Center

Who We Are

Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide.

To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu.

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is responsible for supporting the IT needs of UC Irvine faculty, students, and staff. Our mission is to provide information technology leadership, services, and innovative solutions to promote the research, education, and community service goals of the University.

The Research Cyberinfrastructure Center (RCIC), formed in 2018, supports the ever-growing needs of researchers on campus who require access to scalable computing and data resources. Focusing on the specific needs of UCI researchers, RCIC naturally fills the resource gap between small-scale, department-sized resources and national supercomputer centers. Its charter to help researchers be more competitive by providing access to top-quality cyberinfrastructure and adapting as technology evolves over time. Direct interaction with all researchers including graduate students, faculty, postdoctoral, and research staff is an essential component of RCIC's "DNA". While resources are managed to high-levels of reliability, RCIC must also evaluate and deploy emerging technologies.

Your Role on the Team

The Director, Research Cyberinfrastructure Center provides overall direction of UCI’s Research Cyberinfrastructure Center (RCIC) serving as focal point and service center for accessing, providing, coordinating and enhancing research Information Technology facilities and services. The Director will provide overall leadership in managing and growing the RCIC.

The Director reports to the Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer, with a dotted line report to the Vice Chancellor of Research. OIT supports RCIC administratively and provides data center and other supplementary services. The RCIC Director serves as a member of the CIO’s senior leadership team, to facilitate integration and synergies with educational technology and other campus services.

The Director oversees research IT services provided by the RCIC and facilitates collaborative service relationships with other groups that provide related services, in support of all UCI faculty and research staff. The Director is an ex-officio member of the faculty governance mechanisms that will provide RCIC oversight. The Director coordinates within OIT and with partner organizations such as the UCI Libraries, Data Sciences Initiative, Calit2, and academic schools.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required:

• Broad thorough, and demonstrated knowledge of technical concepts and operating principles of data communications, cluster computing, data storage, secure data infrastructure, high performance networking (e.g. Infiniband), high performance computing, open source and other research software, and cloud services used in a research computing environment.
• Extensive experience in an academic environment, conducting hands-on research, and/or supporting research teams.
• Experience with full research project life cycle, including, but not limited to, identifying funding sources, authoring grant proposals, knowledge of funding lines in a grant request (e.g. capital, S&E, etc.), reporting requirements, overhead/IDC calculations, etc.
• Demonstrated experience leading the work of experienced technical professionals, keeping them engaged and developing them into high performing teams.
• Strong research technology vision development and strategic planning skills.
• Demonstrated success working with a diverse group of peers to build consensus to achieve significant objectives in an environment where a variety of occasionally conflicting personalities and strategic goals must be reconciled.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to interact professionally and diplomatically with a diverse group including faculty, research staff, Information Technology professionals, and executives; the ability to effectively present technical topics to large groups with potentially varied levels of technical sophistication.
• Experience publishing technical materials in documents, whitepapers, conference or trade group proceedings, or peer-reviewed journals.
• Ability to apply advanced Information Technology principles, theories, and concepts to manage and provide solutions to complex and multi-dimensional problems. Demonstrated knowledge of the challenges imposed by big data research, cross-disciplinary research, distributed computing infrastructure, cloud computing, high-speed networking; etc.
• Experience in the management of ongoing technology infrastructure acquisition and expansion, to include the identification and integration of suitable emerging technologies.
• Adhere to OIT’s cultural values: Collaboration, Respect, Trust, Transparency, Quality, Inclusiveness, Customer Centricity, and Learning and Growth.
• Advanced degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training
• Typically 5-10 years of experience managing in a research organization.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience. Previous experience leading or supervising a team.Experience in a relevant scientific or scholarly field (preferred) OR a combination of education and experience.

Preferred:

• Existing relationships with other RCI groups and functions such as the NSF-funded National Supercomputing Centers, NASA, DOE, NIH or similar research centers.
• Knowledge of compliance issues surrounding research data, including federal requirements, granting agency norms and campus and UC-wide security policy.

Total Rewards

In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

The expected pay range for this recruitment is $154,200- $250,000 (Annual).

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page - https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact Human Resources at (949) 824-0500 or [email protected].

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization