Systems/Information Technology Architect Manager Sr. (REMOTE)

Job Title : Systems / Information Technology Architect Manager Sr. (REMOTE)

Location : Atlanta, Georgia

Regular / Temporary : Regular

Full / Part Time : Full-Time

Job ID : 273391

About Us

Are you a backend software engineer with a passion for advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI), engineering or mathematical optimization?

Do you want to work on cutting-edge AI software that will improve society, including energy systems, supply chains, transportation, and mobility?

If you answered yes to the above questions, the Systems / IT Architect Manager Sr. (backend developer) position at Georgia Tech's AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), in conjunction with Socially Aware Mobility Lab (SAM), could be a great fit for you.

The AI4OPT team develops novel AI and mathematical optimizations (MO) in the energy, supply-chain, mobility, manufacturing, and computer chip space, which drives societal changes and improves the consumer products, power delivery, mobility, and transportation fields.

By combining AI and MO, the AI4OPT team drives major breakthroughs and field advancements that neither AI nor MO can deliver independently, putting the AI4OPT teams on the bleeding-edge of the AI field.

Please also see the https : / / www.ai4opt.org / and https : / / sam.isye.gatech.edu / websites for additional information on the AI4OPT / SAM team's research, initiatives, and goals.

In this role, you will work with alongside the AI4OPT students, staff, faculty, Georgia Tech's Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE) team, and other Georgia Tech and non-Georgia Tech personnel to develop and deploy AI and MO software applications, either computing them locally or in the cloud.

You will lead and manage several high-profile software applications from start to finish, which includes the backend software design, engineering (including data analysis and manipulation), deployment, documentation, maintenance, and testing of these applications.

Georgia Tech's AI4OPT team is searching for a Systems / IT Architect Manager Sr. (backend developer) to join our team. This position is in Atlanta, Georgia;

however, it is remote eligible for qualifying candidates residing in the USA (inside or outside of Georgia). Remote candidates will be required to periodically travel to Atlanta, Georgia to meet with the AI4OPT team in-person.

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation.

We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths.

The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts.

Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do :

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

• Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good;
• breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible;

and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Location

Atlanta, GA

This position is remote eligible.

Job Summary

Manage and coordinate the conceptualizing, planning, designing, and implementing of complete and integrated information technology solutions on a campus-wide basis.

Serve as a recognized subject matter expert in information technology architecture and related technologies. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations.

This position will interact on a consistent basis with : IT leadership and staff, user department management and staff. This position typically will advise and counsel : IT leadership and staff, user department management and staff.

This position will supervise : technical support staff.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -

Lead projects of critical importance in areas of enterprise systems, networking, security or overall IT architecture.

Job Duty 2 -

Direct high profile programs involving formulation of strategy and administration of polices, process and resources..

Job Duty 3 -

May seek project funding from outside sources.

Job Duty 4 -

Use expert concepts and broad objectives to resolve most complex system issues.

Job Duty 5 -

Serve as steward of campus overall IT architecture.

Job Duty 6 -

Confer with outside experts (community, professional groups, vendors, solution providers, etc) in resolution of complex issues.

Job Duty 7 -

Provide expert leadership and guidance to technical support staff.

Job Duty 8 -

Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and work experience

Required Experience

Eight years job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

A Masters Degree and three (3) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or

A Masters Degree and five (5) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelors degree, or

A Doctoral degree

Preferred Qualifications

Successful deployment of 2 or more backend software packages.

Using and / or programming in the following software technologies :

Software coding tools : Visual Studios Code (VScode) and GitHub.

Optimization libraries : Gurobi, CPLEX, OPL, and OR-Tools

Cloud computing software : Kubernetes, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Containers and Virtual Machines (VMs) : Apptainer (previously Singularity), Docker, or Podman.

High Performance Computing (HPC) software : CUDA, MPI, OpenMP, PBS, and Slurm.

Salary Range : $106,474 - $144,804

Location : Atlanta, GA

Job Grade : I7

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS

This job requires campus, national or international expertise in systems and IT architecture involving multiple technological areas of high criticality and skills and ability to resolve the most complex problems within that domain.

Skills involving developing solutions with little or no precedents are also required.

Contact Information

For additional information about this position, please contact Kevin Dalmeijer at dalmeijer@gatech.edu.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office.

Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards.

More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https : / / www.

usg.edu / policymanual / section8 / C224 / #p8.2.18 personnel conduct .

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https : / / www.

usg.edu / policymanual / section6 / C2653 .

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all.

To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and / or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services.

Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions.

This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests.

Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here : https : / / www.usg.edu / policymanual / section6 / c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is not considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position will not travel

This position does not require security clearance.

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http : / / policylibrary.gatech.edu / employment / pre-employment-screening