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type: 'JobPosting'
title: 'Director, Office Academic Computing'
url: 'https://pepper2.socialhost.dev/job/23361239/director-office-academic-computing/'
job_id: '23361239'
organization: 'SFX Demo'
location: 'Pittsburgh, PA'
employment_type: 'Full-Time'
date_posted: '2026-03-25T18:30:14.947Z'
date_modified: '2026-05-18T09:14:08.423Z'
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# Director, Office Academic Computing

- Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid)
- Employment type: Full-Time
- Category: Information Technology
- Shift: Day Job
- Business unit: ST Health Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Pay: not listed — this posting doesn’t list a range yet. Your recruiter can share it before you apply.
- Organization: SFX Demo
- Posted: 2026-03-25T18:30:14.947Z

## Description

The Director Office Academic Computing will direct the management of research computing and systems development for the Department of Psychiatry at ST Health Western Psychiatric Hospital. They will direct staff, budgeting resources, and recommend capital purchases.

**Responsibilities:**

- Evaluate business and technology requirements for research studies and provide recommendations for systems architecture and design.

- Recommend capital purchases for research related computing needs.

- Consult with Information Services Division (ISD) and Pitt IT on planning and development projects with relevant individuals at ST Health and the University of Pittsburgh.

- Ensure that both onsite and remote technical support services are available for members of the research community.

- Provide secure and scalable database services and computing platforms for statistical, graphical, data management, data analytical, and communication services for research.

- Maintain and support research information systems as part of the ST Health and University of Pittsburgh network. Plan and coordinate system upgrades. Provide support for Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.

- Approve all computer hardware and software purchases for the department.

- Supervise the backup of enterprise storage systems for research data. Develop and coordinate the testing of disaster recovery plans.

- Supervise the administration and management of database systems for replication, security, reliability, backup, functionality and performance tuning.

- Direct systems development in all areas needed for Department of Psychiatry research and academic administration.

- Recruit new staff members. Coordinate, designate, and supervise the responsibilities of programmers, systems engineers, and PC support staff members.

- Provide training for the personnel necessary to maintain and support research compute and storage systems and develop improvements for those systems when appropriate.

- Form cooperative working relationships with business and technical teams to improve the development and support of clinical research management systems.

- Establish cybersecurity policy and controls to protect departmental research data, storage, and compute assets.

- Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

- Performs other duties as assigned.

- Master's degree in computer science, information systems, or related discipline.

- 7-10 years of experience supervising IT personnel in a research environment.

- Extensive knowledge of information systems, data storage, cybersecurity, and network architecture.

- Knowledge and experience with programming languages, software engineering, and systems development are required.

- Knowledge of relational database management systems such as Microsoft SQL Server is essential.

**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**

- Act 34 with renewal

**ST Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**

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