RESEARCH STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR #00097414

About the role

The Information Technology Department supports administrative systems, academic technologies, and research computing. System reliability and campus operations are strengthened through IT initiatives. IT roles involve system support, infrastructure maintenance, and technical collaboration with campus units.

Responsibilities

• Implementation and Planning:
  • Implement storage architectures, integrating multi-site infrastructures, data replication, and data continuity strategies
  • Lead performance tuning, capacity planning, and data tiering initiatives for mission critical systems
  • Design, architect, design, configure, and implement on-premises and cloud-based storage solutions to support grants, sponsorships, and other researchers' needs, including performance, archive, and backup storage needs to protect integrity, access, retention, and security
• Management and Support:
  • Manage and support data storage systems
  • Perform system maintenance, ensuring service availability, ensuring data integrity, and storage system configuration management
• User Support and Consultation:
  • Technical support of users through tickets, calls, or in-person meetings
  • Consult with users to understand storage needs, workflows, and data lifecycles, and develop solutions to storage-based needs
• Process Improvement and Compliance:
  • When appropriate, ensure adherence to FERPA, GLBA, NIST-CSF, EAR, ITAR, CUI, and institutional data governance requirements
  • Recommend process improvements based on user needs and storage technology capabilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 4 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM related field preferred
• 2 years of experience with data storage platforms preferred
• Experience with high performance storage in a research computing environment preferred

Benefits

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. The University of Missouri provides generous leave, health plans, and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.