Open Positions 

 

  • The Department of Computer Science seeks applications for an Academic Budget Specialist staff position.  

    Job duties include:

    • Maintain department personnel files including onboarding of new hires and updates to job titles, pay rates, FTE changes, and funding sources.
    • Prepare and approve PCRs in line with established policies and procedures within the Academic Affairs division.
    • Process purchasing and accounts payable transactions, such as setting up purchase orders, monitoring the department purchasing card activity, submitting for reimbursements to employees, and process payments to vendors.
    • Department Timekeeper responsible for maintaining accurate and timely records of employee work hours, leave usage, and payroll-related data for the department.
    • Manage multiple budgets – salary, operating, and research budgets. Budget management includes budget line adjustments, transfers between budgets, calculations of salaries and fringes, forecasting expenditures and preparing financial reports.
    • Assist with budget development as it pertains to salaries and expenditures.
    • Conduct expenditure research, compile data, and prepare reports.
    • Research, request quotes, and prepare purchase orders. Validate invoices to purchase orders and Goods Receipts/Research discrepancies. Reconcile Goods Receipts to items received on purchase orders. Contact vendors about damaged, lost/late, or return orders.
    • Resolve problems related to the recording, reporting, and monitoring of financial activity.
      Consult with faculty and provide recommendations on budget and financial questions, decisions, risks, practices, rules, and processes.
    • Perform other duties as assigned.

    Online submission of all application materials is required through the university's application portal:  Texas State University Applicant Portal- Academic Budget Specialist

  • This position is currently not accepting applications.

    The Department of Computer Science seeks applications for a Systems Administrator II staff position.  

    Job duties include:

    • Oversee and manage core systems and services provided to the Department of Computer Science.
    • Perform server deployment, configuration, and maintenance, including patch management and system upgrades.
    • Ensure backup of systems, restoration of system data, disaster recovery and business continuity.
    • Anticipate, identify and resolve or escalate problems and issues.
    • Recognize and address anomalies such as security violations, network and server response, and I/O throughput.
    • Communicate effectively on the potential impact of various technical events and system status.
    • Evaluate department needs and develop user support, including technical documentation describing customer service needs.
    • Manage and troubleshoot user accounts, Active Directory, authentication and access permissions.
    • Collaborate with ITAC, vendors, and network administrators on upgrades and complex issues.
    • Implement IT security best practices and apply remediation techniques.
    • Provide advanced technical support.
    • Supervise the Systems Analyst II and Systems Support Analyst.
    • Serve as first point of contact/communication for all technical events and systems status information.
    • Develop training for software and research platforms and translate complex technical and compliance issues into documentation and protocol.
    • Implement IT security best practices and apply remediation techniques.
    • Responsible for the administration of High-Performance Computing (HPC) for artificial intelligence.
    • Responsible for the management of AI and machine learning software and frameworks.
    • Data management and storage solutions management (handling large datasets and sensitive information).
    • Responsible for cloud computing integration.

    Online submission of all application materials is required through the university's application portal:  Texas State University Applicant Portal | Systems Administrator II