Manager, Research Infrastructure

GDG on Campus | University of Sydney•Takoma Park, MD

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

Solve by Talent is partnering with the University of Sydney to recruit a Manager, Research Infrastructure to support the delivery of key Information and Communications Technology (ICT) initiatives that help shape the future of education, research, and innovation. This role is central to delivering the University’s academic mission, working across faculties, disciplines, and research communities to shape platforms, services, and partnerships that enable student success, strengthen teaching, and accelerate research impact. The position involves both maintaining critical services and continuously improving systems and experiences within a large and complex environment. As Manager, Research Infrastructure, you will lead the development, operation and optimisation of the University’s research infrastructure environment, including research computing, data storage, networks and associated services. This is a newly created role with the opportunity to build a new team and help define how research infrastructure is delivered in a modern, research-intensive university. You will play a central role in shaping and operationalising Sydney Research Cloud, a flagship Digital Sydney initiative and multi-year program designed to deliver an ecosystem of user-friendly, scalable and secure research computing platforms and services. This initiative will broaden the University’s research computing capability, support emerging use cases including AI-based research, and help create the foundations for innovation and collaboration at institutional, sector, state and national level.

Requirements

Strong experience managing research infrastructure in a research-intensive environment.
Deep technical knowledge across HPC, storage, research networks and associated services.
Proven people leadership experience, including building teams and leading specialist capability.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to balance strategy with operational delivery
Sound understanding of cybersecurity, compliance, risk and service management in complex environments

Responsibilities

Lead strategy, planning, delivery and ongoing optimisation of research infrastructure services.
Build and lead a new specialist team across research computing, storage and service integration
Partner with researchers, ICT teams and senior stakeholders to align infrastructure with research needs.
Oversee performance, governance, security, vendor engagement and continuous improvement
Support the successful operationalisation of Sydney Research Cloud and related infrastructure initiatives