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Job Overview

This position is responsible for assisting in integrating research goals, strategies, objectives, and metrics for the GU research community by providing project management, development, and consulting for research IT projects and resources within the domain of the Research Technologies division of UIS. Position will manage and support IT requirements of new and existing research projects in higher education fields, including but not exclusive to chemistry, physics, biology, genomics, and bioinformatics.

Incumbent will assure that baseline research technologies run effectively; and follow regulatory, compliance, data, and storage best practices. Helping the community identify and adopt emerging and enriched research IT resources is an important aspect of this position, as is helping the Research Technologies team develop strong customer relations and partnerships to enhance research and grant funding. They will support external data acquisition by acting as a liaison between researchers, JORA and UIS.

This role will act as a consultant for researchers looking for the right technology supported by UIS for their research needs. They will gather the research project requirements and match solutions to their budget. As part of this process they will work with JORA during the early grant application phase to support the budget requests of grants. Finally, through interactions with research consortiums and their own research they will provide recommendations of research technology that UIS and GU should adopt for researchers. This position will work closely with both GU and GUMC faculty as well as key members of UIS on behalf of the research community. Incumbent will serve as a Research Technologies “Expert Resource” for internal and selected external research collaborations.

Work Interactions

This role is a combination of consultative and engagement management for research technology support. They will need to collaborate daily with members of UIS including AVP of System Engineering and Operations, the chief information security officer and the AVP of Enterprise services. This role is responsible for mobilizing their teams to provide solutions and resolve issues for research technology requirements. The role must also work directly with the research community to gather their requirements and translate the information for UIS to process. Finally, this role will need to interact with the general council to work through grant and data requirements found in research related contracts. By collaborating with all of these positions this role helps ensure compliance, regulation and performance for research projects.

Requirements and Qualifications

Minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree in arts or science.
5+ years’ work experience in either managing research technology or high-powered computing or bioinformatics systems
Minimum of 5 years experience working in a research environment
Minimum of 5 years providing technical support and project management to researchers in higher education or a related scientific industry.
Must understand how to protect the security and integrity of databases and applications on the system and through the network and must be familiar and have experience working with a variety of operating systems.
Experience mobilizing research, technology and legal stakeholders to solve contractual and technological requirements for research projects
Be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and methodical.
Must be willing to participate in a 24x7 support schedule for critical systems which may require a substantial amount of maintenance and troubleshooting being performed outside of normal business hours.

Work Mode Designation

This position has been designated as Hybrid. However, up to 25% of work may be expected to occur in-person for events, meetings, and conferences. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations for staff and AAP positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources website:

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Pay Range:

The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position which represents the full range of anticipated compensation is:

$80,429.00 - $157,238.93

Compensation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s individual qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, as well as the University’s business needs and external factors.

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