Assistant or Associate Professor

About the Role

• Position: Assistant or Associate Professor: Information Technology
• Faculty Unit: Faculty of Math and Computing
• Program: Computer and Information Sciences
• Job Type: Full-time
• Job Category: Faculty
• Application Review Begins: January 6, 2027

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching:
• Normal teaching load is 30 semester credit hours per year, distributed across three semesters.
• Teaching assignments will be based on program needs and candidate's qualifications.
• May include courses in:
• IT Foundations and Human-Computer Interaction: computer hardware, operating systems, technical support and troubleshooting, human-computer interaction, and the Internet of Things.
• Networking and Cybersecurity: computer networking, cybersecurity fundamentals, security monitoring and incident response, and penetration testing.
• Systems and Cloud Computing: Windows and Linux systems administration, virtualization, cloud infrastructure design and deployment.
• Databases and Data Engineering: database systems and administration, data integration, and data pipelines.
• Candidates should be prepared to teach undergraduate courses in more than one area.
• Scholarship:
• Remain professionally and academically engaged through research or creative endeavors and ongoing professional development.
• Citizenship:
• Contribute actively to the university community and their profession.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Academic preparation, professional experience, or both relevant to the teaching areas listed above.
• Prepared to teach undergraduate courses in more than one area of the information technology curriculum.
• Candidates are not expected to have expertise in every area.

Qualifications

• A master’s degree in information technology, or a closely related field, from an appropriately accredited institution is required.
• PhD preferred.
• Equivalent international degrees from a nationally accredited institution will be considered.
• Doctorate candidates near completion may be considered; degree requirements must be completed before the start date.
• As an educational institution affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU–Hawaii prefers to hire qualified members of the Church in good standing.
• To be eligible for employment, applicants who are members of the Church must hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend and receive a clearance from the Church’s Ecclesiastical Clearance Office.

Benefits

• Salary range: 115K to 137K, depending on credentials, rank and experience.
• Housing stipend.
• Relocation expense package.
• Annually renewable contract eligible for Continuing Faculty Status (BYU-H equivalent of “tenure-track”).
• Standard BYU-Hawaii benefits package for regular full-time employees.