Senior IT Technical Lead - Research

The Senior IT Technical Lead position is an upper-level technical position, located within the Advanced Research Computing, Security, and Information unit, and primarily dedicated to supporting operations within the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (Center). Responsibilities include implementation of security solutions and protocols to comply with project requirements, general technical support coordination, project management, software image management, legacy system and server administration transitional support, application administration, automation scripting, and network support coordination. This position also serves as a high-level technical advisor to the entire Center team. Typical hiring range for this soft-money funded position is $55,000 to $70,000 commensurate with qualifications and experience. 

This position requires access to information regulated under U.S. Export Control regulations and therefore individuals must qualify as a U.S. Person under U.S. Export Control Regulations. 

Complete Job Description

About the University:
The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the state. UMaine is a land, sea and space grant university, and maintains a leadership role as the University of Maine System's flagship institution. UMaine is the state's public research university and a Carnegie R1 top-tier research institution, dedicated to providing excellent teaching, research and service for Maine, the nation and the world. More information about UMaine is at umaine.edu. 

The University of Maine offers a wide range of benefits for employees including, but not limited to, tuition benefits (employee and dependent), comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short and long term disability as well as retirement plan options. 

UMaine is located in beautiful Central Maine. Many employees report that a primary reason for choosing to come to UMaine is quality of life. Numerous cultural activities, excellent public schools, safe neighborhoods, high quality medical care, little traffic, and a reasonable cost of living make the greater Bangor area a wonderful place to live. Visit the Maine Office of Tourism to learn more about what the Bangor region has to offer.

Qualifications:
Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Information Security, or a related field or 5 years of equivalent combination of education and experience;
• Proven experience working with engineering or other teams to deliver IT solutions;
• Strong commitment to customer experience, providing leadership and mentoring on customer relationships, accountability, responsibility and urgency;
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a team environment and coordinate projects; 
• Certification such as GIAC, Certified in Cybersecurity (ISC2 CC), Security+, or agreed upon equivalent is expected to be accomplished within the first three years of employment; and
• Must be a U.S. Person.

Preferred: 

• Demonstrated supervisory, leadership, or project management experience;
• Excellent interpersonal communication and active listening skills;
• Relevant IT certification(s) such as CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+. CompTIA Security+, Cybersecurity (ISC2 CC), GIAC, or Microsoft Fundamentals;
• Knowledge of information security best practices and be able to implement and enforce guidance provided by security staff to comply with ITAR or other security compliance requirements such as NIST SP 800-171, ISO-17025, and CMMC;
• Experience with Microsoft tenants, specifically GCC High, and applications, such as Entra, InTune, Sharepoint, Outlook, OneDrive, and Office;
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Government environment;
• Programming / Scripting experience;
• Ability to plan and perform involved technical work, presenting new or regularly changing problems, work from broad instruction, and deal with complex factors not easily evaluated;
• May provide budget input and coordinate work with outside contractors for supported departments as needed;
• Knowledge of computer fundamentals and computer, peripheral and software operations, including word processing, spreadsheets, database man