Systems/Information Technology Architect Lead (Remote)

at  Georgia Tech

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.
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides information technology leadership and support to the Georgia Institute of Technology, working in partnership with academic and business units to meet the unique needs of a leading research university. OIT serves as the primary source of enterprise-wide information technology and telecommunications services in support of students, faculty, staff, and researchers.

JOB SUMMARY

Provide technical leadership in supplying advanced level IT support services to units or on campus wide basis. Services provided involve conceptualizing, planning, designing and implementing complete and integrated information technology solutions that meet business needs and support long term goals. Use advanced IT architecture concepts to resolve highly complex issues. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: user department managers and staff, IT management and professional staff, vendors and contractors. This position typically will advise and counsel: user department managers and staff, IT professional staff, vendors and contractors. This position will supervise: NA (work direction only).

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related Field or equivalent combination of education and experience

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Overnight travel requrchitected for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules, project requrchitectements).

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Six to eight years of job related experience

PREFERRED EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Desired Skills:

• Dominant expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with components of Microsoft Power Platform such as Power Automate and PowerBI.
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft AI solutions such as Copilot and Open AI.

SKILLS

This job requires broad knowledge of IT systems management, infrastructure and architectural design and integration and related components and applications. Expertise is required in IT service delivery methodology and techniques, industry practices and campus policies and procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The main duties for this position include the following:

• Develop and support cloud-native integrated solutions aimed at modernizing and consolidating EADI’s Data Services.
• Architect and implement core cloud technologies in support business solutions.
• Analyze the current cloud environment and formulate ways to simplify and streamline the lifecycle management of resources with focus on repeatable and sustainable solutions, leveraging automation where possible or sensible.
• Develop API-based ingestion of enterprise data from GT ERPs and extended systems in support of EADI’s central data repository.