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PSD Computer Science: Tech Administration
About The Department
The Department of Computer Science is an academic department that has a rich history of advancing and defining new fields of discovery in the physical sciences and computer science, and this tradition continues today. Our inquiry and impact spans from the edge of theory to human-computer interaction to Data Science. We are part of the Physical Sciences Division which includes departments and a number of interdisciplinary research institutes and centers.
Job Summary
The job works independently to perform a variety of activities relating to software support and/or development. Analyzes, designs, develops, debugs, and modifies computer code for end user applications, beta general releases, and production support. Guides development and implementation of applications, web pages, and user-interfaces using a variety of software applications, techniques, and tools. Solves complex problems in administration, maintenance, integration, and troubleshooting of code and application ecosystem currently in production.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Director of techstaff, acts as a senior technical leader, proposes and defines architectural standards, mentors junior engineers, drives platform reliability, automation, security, and observability across on-prem and cloud environments.
- Lead initiatives to improve infrastructure reliability, security, and performance, such as CI/CD pipeline improvements, system monitoring, and automation of manual workflows.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code principles using systems such as Puppet, Terraform, and Gitlab actions.
- Implement and maintain robust system monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure platform health, performance, and visibility.
- Perform expert-level build, configuration, and lifecycle management of Linux/Unix operating systems across physical and virtual, containerized, and cloud environments.
- Develop automation tools and scripts using Python, shell scripting, and other scripting languages to streamline operations.
- Manage and optimize Linux-based systems in production environments.
- Support department applications by managing infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and performing minor programming tasks.
- Implement hardened security configurations, including system hardening, secure communications, and identity/access integration.
- Stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies in platform engineering, infrastructure automation, software deployment, and provide guidance on their implementation within projects.
- Document work clearly, contribute to team best practices, and help others adopt design patterns by sharing knowledge in Slack, Internal Wikis, and GitLab.
- Participate in an off-hours on-call rotation.
- Designs new systems, features, and tools. Solves complex problems and identifies opportunities for technical improvement and performance optimization. Reviews and tests code and systems to ensure appropriate standards are met.
- Acts as a technical consultant and resource for faculty research, teaching, and/or administrative projects.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Education
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
Work Experience
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in an infrastructure, DevOps, platform, or SRE role supporting production systems.
- 3+ years of experience supporting Linux servers in a production environment.
- 5+ years of experience working in production environments.
- Experience working with CI/CD systems, such as GitHub Actions, Github Pipelines, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Experience with an infrastructure automation tool, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or Terraform.
- Experience writing scripts and programs to automate common tasks and support IT operations.
- Experience supporting web servers in production environments, such as Apache and Nginx.
- Experience using and implementing, and supporting monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability tools and have contributed to system reliability efforts.
- Familiarity with supporting Postgres and MySQL servers, database management, and query syntax.
- Experience with Linux system administration and troubleshooting.
Technical Skills Or Knowledge
- Ability to apply infrastructure as code principles using tools such as Puppet, Terraform, Gitlab Actions
- Proficient in at least one scripting or programming language, such as Python, Bash, or Ruby.
- An understanding of SQL syntax, queries, and relational databases.
- Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, DataDog, Splunk, Grafana, or Loki.
- An understanding of core infrastructure protocols and services, such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
- An understanding or a willingness to learn web application frameworks, including Ruby on Rails and Flask.
- An understanding of SDLC, DevOps, and Agile methodology and best practices.
- Strong understanding of networking, storage, security, and access control within Linux systems.
Preferred Competencies
- Willingness to take initiative to understand current and potential systems and applications, ask thoughtful questions, and raise concerns early.
- Effective written and verbal communication; ability to collaborate with cross-functional technical teams.
- Communicate clearly and work collaboratively within a team environment, contributing to planning, troubleshooting, and retrospectives.
- Commitment to operational excellence, service reliability, and continuous improvement.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Application Documents
- Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
- References Contact Information (3)(required)
When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
Job Family
Information Technology
Role Impact
Individual Contributor
Scheduled Weekly Hours
37.5
Drug Test Required
No
Health Screen Required
No
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
No
Pay Rate Type
Salary
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Range
$106,000.00 - $117,000.00
The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
Yes
The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination. Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form. All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history. A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment. Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position. The University of Chicago's Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu. Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
Department
PSD Computer Science: Tech Administration
About The Department
The Department of Computer Science is an academic department that has a rich history of advancing and defining new fields of discovery in the physical sciences and computer science, and this tradition continues today. Our inquiry and impact spans from the edge of theory to human-computer interaction to Data Science. We are part of the Physical Sciences Division which includes departments and a number of interdisciplinary research institutes and centers.
Job Summary
The job works independently to perform a variety of activities relating to software support and/or development. Analyzes, designs, develops, debugs, and modifies computer code for end user applications, beta general releases, and production support. Guides development and implementation of applications, web pages, and user-interfaces using a variety of software applications, techniques, and tools. Solves complex problems in administration, maintenance, integration, and troubleshooting of code and application ecosystem currently in production.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Director of techstaff, acts as a senior technical leader, proposes and defines architectural standards, mentors junior engineers, drives platform reliability, automation, security, and observability across on-prem and cloud environments.
- Lead initiatives to improve infrastructure reliability, security, and performance, such as CI/CD pipeline improvements, system monitoring, and automation of manual workflows.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code principles using systems such as Puppet, Terraform, and Gitlab actions.
- Implement and maintain robust system monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure platform health, performance, and visibility.
- Perform expert-level build, configuration, and lifecycle management of Linux/Unix operating systems across physical and virtual, containerized, and cloud environments.
- Develop automation tools and scripts using Python, shell scripting, and other scripting languages to streamline operations.
- Manage and optimize Linux-based systems in production environments.
- Support department applications by managing infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and performing minor programming tasks.
- Implement hardened security configurations, including system hardening, secure communications, and identity/access integration.
- Stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies in platform engineering, infrastructure automation, software deployment, and provide guidance on their implementation within projects.
- Document work clearly, contribute to team best practices, and help others adopt design patterns by sharing knowledge in Slack, Internal Wikis, and GitLab.
- Participate in an off-hours on-call rotation.
- Designs new systems, features, and tools. Solves complex problems and identifies opportunities for technical improvement and performance optimization. Reviews and tests code and systems to ensure appropriate standards are met.
- Acts as a technical consultant and resource for faculty research, teaching, and/or administrative projects.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Education
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
Work Experience
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in an infrastructure, DevOps, platform, or SRE role supporting production systems.
- 3+ years of experience supporting Linux servers in a production environment.
- 5+ years of experience working in production environments.
- Experience working with CI/CD systems, such as GitHub Actions, Github Pipelines, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Experience with an infrastructure automation tool, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or Terraform.
- Experience writing scripts and programs to automate common tasks and support IT operations.
- Experience supporting web servers in production environments, such as Apache and Nginx.
- Experience using and implementing, and supporting monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability tools and have contributed to system reliability efforts.
- Familiarity with supporting Postgres and MySQL servers, database management, and query syntax.
- Experience with Linux system administration and troubleshooting.
Technical Skills Or Knowledge
- Ability to apply infrastructure as code principles using tools such as Puppet, Terraform, Gitlab Actions
- Proficient in at least one scripting or programming language, such as Python, Bash, or Ruby.
- An understanding of SQL syntax, queries, and relational databases.
- Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, DataDog, Splunk, Grafana, or Loki.
- An understanding of core infrastructure protocols and services, such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
- An understanding or a willingness to learn web application frameworks, including Ruby on Rails and Flask.
- An understanding of SDLC, DevOps, and Agile methodology and best practices.
- Strong understanding of networking, storage, security, and access control within Linux systems.
Preferred Competencies
- Willingness to take initiative to understand current and potential systems and applications, ask thoughtful questions, and raise concerns early.
- Effective written and verbal communication; ability to collaborate with cross-functional technical teams.
- Communicate clearly and work collaboratively within a team environment, contributing to planning, troubleshooting, and retrospectives.
- Commitment to operational excellence, service reliability, and continuous improvement.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Application Documents
- Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
- References Contact Information (3)(required)
When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
Job Family
Information Technology
Role Impact
Individual Contributor
Scheduled Weekly Hours
37.5
Drug Test Required
No
Health Screen Required
No
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
No
Pay Rate Type
Salary
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Range
$106,000.00 - $117,000.00
The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
Yes
The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination. Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form. All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history. A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment. Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position. The University of Chicago's Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu. Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as an Infrastructure Platform Engineer
Frame your credentials around Computer Systems Analyst
TN visa eligibility for this role hinges on the Computer Systems Analyst classification. Your resume, degree certificates, and offer letter must consistently describe systems analysis and design work, not just operations or administration tasks.
Target employers with recent visa filing experience
Companies with recent visa filings for platform or infrastructure roles have already navigated work visa sponsorship. Prioritize those employers, since they understand visa documentation requirements and are less likely to back out during the offer process. For TN visas specifically, Canadian applicants can present their offer letter and documentation directly at the U.S. port of entry, while Mexican applicants apply through a U.S. consulate—both processes are simpler than other work visas, so experienced sponsors tend to move forward smoothly.
Get your job offer letter TN-ready before crossing
Canadians can obtain TN status directly at a port of entry, but only if the offer letter explicitly describes duties that map to Computer Systems Analyst. A vague or operations-heavy job description is the most common reason CBP officers push back at the border.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsorship roles
Searching for Infrastructure Platform Engineer jobs that explicitly support TN visa candidates saves significant time. Migrate Mate filters roles by sponsorship eligibility so you're not wasting applications on employers who have never filed for TN workers.
Address the specialty occupation question proactively
Platform engineering roles sometimes blend DevOps generalist tasks with specialized systems work. Before your interview, prepare a brief explanation of how your specific duties, not just your title, require a specialized bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field.
Clarify who files what before you accept an offer
Unlike H-1B, TN does not require the employer to petition USCIS on your behalf for a Canadian national. Confirm early whether your prospective employer understands this distinction, since HR teams unfamiliar with TN often assume a full USCIS filing is required and may delay unnecessarily.
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Does an Infrastructure Platform Engineer role qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
Yes, provided the role maps to the Computer Systems Analyst category under USMCA. Infrastructure Platform Engineer duties, such as designing cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and managing platform reliability, align with systems analysis and design work. The offer letter must describe those duties explicitly. Roles that focus primarily on break-fix operations rather than systems design carry more risk of pushback.
How does TN visa sponsorship compare to H-1B for this role?
TN has no annual lottery and no cap for Canadian nationals, so you can start work as soon as status is granted, sometimes the same day at a port of entry. H-1B requires employer sponsorship through USCIS, a lottery selection, and a wait until October 1 of the fiscal year. For Infrastructure Platform Engineers with Canadian citizenship, TN is significantly faster and more predictable than H-1B.
Where can I find Infrastructure Platform Engineer jobs that support TN visa candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking U.S. roles with TN visa sponsorship. Rather than filtering through general job boards where sponsorship status is unclear, Migrate Mate surfaces Infrastructure Platform Engineer positions from employers with recent visa filings and demonstrated experience sponsoring work visas, reducing the time you spend on applications that will stall at the offer stage.
Can a Mexican national get TN sponsorship for this role, and how does the process differ?
Yes, Mexican nationals qualify for TN status in the Computer Systems Analyst category, but the process differs from Canadians. Mexican applicants must apply at a U.S. consulate and receive a TN visa stamp before traveling. Processing timelines depend on consulate availability. There is also a separate numerical allocation for Mexican TN visas under USMCA, though demand has historically remained below that cap.
What documents does my employer need to prepare for my TN sponsorship?
Your employer must provide a detailed support letter on company letterhead that describes your specific job duties, confirms the role requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field, states your TN classification, lists your salary, and specifies the employment period. The letter is not filed with USCIS for Canadian nationals applying at the border. It is presented directly to CBP along with your credentials and, for Mexican nationals, submitted as part of the consular application.
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