HPC Engineer

Brixworth Source: WhatJobs
£55,000–£90,000

Purpose of the role is to…

  • Own the reliability, availability and performance of HPC platforms supporting simulation, analysis and engineering workloads
  • Improve compute, storage, networking and scheduling services to enable efficient, scalable workload delivery
  • Provide technical escalation for HPC incidents, capacity issues, performance bottlenecks and complex user problems

THEREFORE WE NEED YOU TO…

Be skilled at…

  • Administering Linux-based HPC clusters, including compute nodes, schedulers and shared platform services
  • Troubleshooting issues across hardware, OS, network, storage, applications and user workflows
  • Managing capacity, performance and availability for engineering and simulation workloads
  • Automating operational tasks using Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible or equivalent tools
  • Translating technical user requirements into practical service improvements

Have experience of…

  • Supporting Linux-based HPC, scientific computing, simulation or high-throughput compute environments
  • Diagnosing workload, queue, licence, performance, data movement and application issues
  • Operating at a senior technical level in an enterprise or engineering-led environment
  • Delivering maintenance, upgrades, patching and change activity with minimal service impact
  • Working with suppliers and internal teams to resolve platform issues and improve service maturity

Demonstrate knowledge of…

  • HPC architecture, parallel workloads, scheduling, queues and resource allocation
  • Linux administration, scripting, patching and secure configuration
  • Schedulers such as Slurm, PBS, LSF or equivalent
  • Scale-out storage, file systems, backup, archive and data lifecycle management
  • Networking, interconnects, latency, bandwidth and data locality considerations
  • Monitoring, performance tuning, benchmarking and capacity forecasting
  • Security, vulnerability management, access control and compliance for shared platforms
  • Desirable: motorsport, automotive, CFD, simulation or data science experience

Hold these qualifications…

  • Relevant degree, apprenticeship, professional qualification or equivalent technical experience
  • Relevant technical certifications, or equivalent experience, in Linux, HPC, storage, networking, automation or ITIL

Be…

  • Analytical, curious and comfortable solving complex technical problems
  • Proactive in improving resilience, reducing risk and removing operational friction
  • Structured, communicative and effective across hands-on delivery and change control
  • Collaborative, customer-focused and willing to share knowledge

Success in this role will be if you… (deliverables)

  • Maintain stable, secure and performant HPC services for critical engineering workloads
  • Improve compute and storage utilisation through effective monitoring, queue management and capacity planning
  • Resolve incidents quickly and reduce repeat issues through automation, documentation and service improvement
  • Deliver upgrades, maintenance and project work safely with clear communication and change control
  • Improve simulation throughput, data availability and user productivity
  • Define and guide strategic direction on HPC related topics

Additional information…

  • The role combines operational support and project delivery, including planned maintenance, capacity improvement, lifecycle management and occasional out-of-hours activity

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