Research IT Engineer III

Job no: 541487
Work type: Staff Full-Time
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering
Department:14500000 - IT-RC RESEARCH COMPUTING

Classification Title:
Research IT Engineer III

Classification Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience, but does not negate the minimum degree requirement(s).

Job Description:
UF Information Technology (UFIT) is seeking a professional-level Research IT Engineer III to join Research Computing, a unit within UFIT.

This Research IT Engineer III supports the university's success through service and operational excellence. This position provides direct support to faculty, staff, and their teams to accomplish their research and teaching mission by optimal and efficient use of HiPerGator services, the primary university resource for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI). The position supports the complex, high-performance, and data-intensive computing systems in support of advanced scientific, engineering, and scholarly research at the University of Florida. The activities will include system administration (primarily Linux), including operating system, firmware, and hardware installation, operation, and maintenance.

Employment with UFIT provides an excellent opportunity to work with other employees dedicated and focused on understanding and interpreting the technological needs of the University of Florida's innovative and inspirational community. The position is in Gainesville, FL with flexible work arrangements possible. These are not remote positions.

UF has been operating HiPerGator, for close to a decade. HiPerGator has become a critical service for UF because of the growth of the community of researchers, faculty, students and collaborators that UFRC serves not only in size but also in the breadth of research domains. The workloads running on HiPerGator cover a wide range of research disciplines, from physical science and engineering to medicine and drug discovery, as well as business, law, arts and humanities. The demand for HiPerGator's computing power to carry out research in foundational and use-inspired AI has also dramatically increased with UF's AI Initiative and the recent success of generative AI such as ChatGPT in all aspects of human activity.

Some key responsibilities and characteristics of this position are:

• Install, operate, and manage the heterogeneous set of computing, storage, and networking resources, both hardware and software operated by UFIT - Research Computing
• Participate in development and implementation of policies, procedures, and software governing system resources access, allocation, use, and services.
• Collaborate and coordinate on various tasks with other teams inside UFIT RC and other UFIT units such as network services and identity management.

Exceptional Benefits

UF provides various leave programs based on an employee's salary plan, including vacation, sick leave, holidays, personal leave days, and paid family leave. In addition to paid time off, the University of Florida offers a very competitive benefits package.

Expected Salary:
$82,000-$114,000; commensurate based on education and experience.

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience, but does not negate the minimum degree requirement(s).

Preferred:
The ideal candidate will possess the following education, experience, and skills:

• IT Systems Management
• Accuracy And Attention To Detail
• Problem Solving
• Flexibility And Adaptability

Special Instructions to Applicants:
A Level 2 Criminal Background Screening is required.

Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Applicants are required to submit the following with their application:

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• List of professional references with contact information
  (Minimum of 3 with one from a previous or current supervisor)

The application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (E.T.) of the posting end date.

Health Assessment Required:Yes

Advertised: 24 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 09 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

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