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Date Posted: 11/03/2026
Req ID: 50875
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Campus:St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00059311
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.
We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, cutting-edge thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.
The Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) supports a vibrant community of faculty, students, and staff engaged in research, teaching, and administration across a broad range of areas within ecology and evolutionary biology. The department relies on secure, reliable, and responsive information technology services to support research computing, instructional activities, and integrated administrative operations.

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the EEB Chief Administrative Officer, the Senior Technical Lead will play a critical role in advancing the department’s research, teaching, and administrative mission through the delivery of strategic and client-focused IT services.




The Senior Technical Lead role acts at the department's senior research computing and enterprise IT lead supporting both advanced scientific computing and administrative digital transformation, including safe AI technologies The successful candidate will provide technical leadership and specialized expertise in research computing infrastructure, systems and network administration, programming, automation, enterprise applications, and business systems analysis within a complex and evolving academic research environment. The role will lead all departmental cybersecurity initiatives including risk assessments, vulnerability mitigation, secure system design, identity and access management, incident response coordination, and alignment with evolving and strengthened University security standards.
Working closely with faculty, students, and staff, you will support 28 research groups by serving as the department’s primary technical advisor and institutional IT liaison for research computing, consulting and partnering with faculty and research teams to design and/or adopt scalable, secure, and reproducible computational research environments throughout the research lifecycle. This includes designing and maintaining research computing workflows and data processing pipelines, including scripting, containerization, deployment, monitoring, and performance optimization.




You will also support departmental administrative operations through the analysis of business processes and the development of automated solutions, integrations, databases, and workflows that improve operational efficiency, reporting, data management, and service delivery. You will administer the departmental network infrastructure across multiple buildings, manage departmental SharePoint and web platforms, and support researchers with the configuration and administration of research computing systems and servers throughout the lifecycle oftheir projects.
You will also play an important role in supporting the integration of computing into teaching and learning. Working in partnership with faculty, you will provide guidance and technical expertise to support the development and implementation of computational approaches within courses, contributing to curriculum innovation and enhancing the student learning experience.
This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and service-oriented IT professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building strong partnerships, and delivering innovative and leveraging, through needs analysis, central solutions where feasible and delivering innovative and sustainable technology solutions aligned with University information security and risk management practices.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leading and planning IT projects, including developing project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and reporting mechanisms
- Acting as a technical lead, assessing and determining the feasibility of programming requests and system requirements
- Analyzing and documenting business requ

📌 Senior Technical Lead (Toronto)
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