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UC San Diego is ranked the 9th best public university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and is the largest employer based in San Diego County. Reporting to the VC-CFO, Information Technology Services (ITS) delivers Enterprise information technology services to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the leadership of the campus Chief Information Officer (CIO). Information Technology Services (IT Services) uses world-class services and technologies to empower UC San Diego's mission to transform California and the world as a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university. As a strategic member of the UC San Diego community, IT Services embraces innovation in their delivery of IT services, infrastructure, applications, and support. IT Services is customer-focused and committed to collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are core values at UC San Diego and within Information Technology Services. Crafting a culture around these values allows us to more deeply connect with and appreciate our employees, students, and campus partners. Information Technology Services is continuously working to build a community where we all feel safe, empowered, and encouraged to bring our authentic selves to work. We do this not only because it is what's right, but because we know that diversity drives insight and innovation. We are proud to partner closely UC San Diego's Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, as their dedication to this mission helps us all to drive change.

We strive to consistently deliver quality and reliable information systems that help our campus achieve its administrative goals. Our combined technical resources allow us to build, integrate, host and deliver campus-wide enterprise systems for both our campus and collaboratively with other campuses within the UC system. Additionally the team offers custom integration and application development services, business analysis services and data management services for a variety of departments on the campus.

Come lead the creation and maintenance of AI/ML toolbox components, oversee the deployment process for Danswer and other frameworks, and coordinate with student developers on workload.

• Responsible for integrating campus data sources and performing complex customization of internal training or feedback pipelines.

• Demonstrates proficiency in container-based solutions, including Kubernetes, to ensure seamless deployment and maintenance of applications

• Independently perform the full range of responsibilities within the function, analyzing problems and issues of diverse scope and determining solutions with a high degree of accuracy.

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

• Intermediate knowledge of secure software development.

• Advanced skills associated with software design, modification, implementation and deployment, including object-oriented programming concepts.

• Demonstrated ability to understand functional needs and how systems can support those needs.

• Demonstrated ability to develop conversion and system implementation plans.

• Thorough experience with identification and use of code libraries and open-source forums.

• Experience with planning for deployment and creation of feedback mechanisms.

• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results.

• Employee must be available to work evenings and weekends.

• Employee must be available to travel as required.

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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

a. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace