Senior Director, Enterprise Application Infrastructure

Job Description

The Senior Director of Application Infrastructure provides strategic and operational leadership for the universitys enterprise application infrastructure ecosystem including enterprise database and application administration integration services web hosting disaster recovery testing and supporting platforms that enable mission-critical administrative academic research and engagement functions.

Reporting to the AVP for Enterprise Solutions and Enabling Technologies (ESET) the Senior Director serves as a member of the ESET leadership team and is accountable for the long-term health sustainability security performance and strategic evolution of enterprise application delivery platforms and the infrastructure services that support them. The role provides direction to managers and technical teams while ensuring alignment between institutional priorities enterprise architecture governance frameworks and operational execution.

Success in this role requires balancing strategic vision with operational excellence fostering strong partnerships with executive stakeholders distributed IT leaders and vendors while ensuring enterprise platforms remain resilient scalable secure and adaptable to evolving university needs.

Work Location

This is a hybrid position. The successful candidate may work onsite at the Blacksburg campus approximately 23 days per week. As a senior director-level role regular onsite presence is essential to support team leadership collaboration planning and relationshipbuilding efforts.

Required Qualifications

Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology Business or a related field or an equivalent combination of education training and experience.
Significant experience leading enterprise application database administration application administration or related infrastructure services in large complex organizations.
Demonstrated success leading managers and technical teams with accountability for operational outcomes and strategic initiatives.
Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise platforms requiring high availability reliability security and regulatory compliance.
Proven ability to lead enterprise-scale technology initiatives in highly matrixed organizations.
Experience partnering effectively with executive stakeholders and leading through influence.
Experience managing budgets vendors and cross-functional initiatives.
Strong understanding of enterprise applications databases integrations service management and operational excellence practices.
Exceptional strategic thinking communication organizational leadership and change management skills.
Experience in higher education or another complex highly regulated institutional environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting ERP CRM student systems research administration systems or other enterprise administrative platforms.
Experience with AI cloud hybrid cloud and modern application platform architectures.
Experience operating within formal governance cybersecurity compliance and audit frameworks.
Demonstrated success leading digital transformation application modernization or enterprise service evolution initiatives.
Experience improving operational maturity through automation service management practices and platform standardization.
Familiarity with enterprise integration platforms API management middleware technologies and data integration architectures.

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

$162500 - $182450

Hours per week

40

Review Date

09/23/2026

Additional Information

Sponsorship is not available for this role.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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