We have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer to join one of the world’s leading research Institutes at a crucial time in its evolution, and play a definitive role in shaping it for the future. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary from £61,000 with benefits, subject to skills and experience.

TheSenior HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer role:

The Sr HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer position is a role created to contribute directly to the design, implementation, development and service delivery of the institute’s HPC, Cloud and Research Data Storage hardware and software through a mix of on-premise and cloud systems, ensuring that the Crick provides state-of-the-art and innovative Scientific Computing capability to its researchers, collaborators and partners, including commercial relationships.

The role is part of the Research Computing Platforms/HPC team which delivers services to the Crick’s research community and works closely with Research Labs and Science Technology Platforms (STPs) across the institute. The team works as a specialist part of the Infrastructure and Cloud Platforms group within the IT Office, with excellent opportunities for cross-technology working.

Responsibilities of our Senior HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer:

These include but are not limited to:

• Technical leadership and management:
• • Lead the design and delivery of research data platforms installed on-site and hosted in public/private clouds.
• Systems Administration:
• • Manage storage systems on-site and in the cloud, including quotas, directory structures, and distribution of data across storage systems and tiers. (Accessed from Windows, Mac and Linux clients).
• Systems Engineering:
• • Working with junior colleagues, put in place proof-of-concept systems and services to meet evolving scientific requirements and provide innovative solutions to move ambitious scientific projects forward.
• User Support:
• • Develop documentation and provide training and advice to research teams regarding best practice in research data management using research computing platforms managed by the Crick.

Skills and experience we are looking for in our Senior HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer:

The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: Bold, Imaginative, Open, Dynamic and Collegial, in addition to the following: 

• Demonstrable experience in administration of high-performance parallel and object storage systems, services and data for research - e.g. IBM Spectrum Scale, Lustre, Ceph, iRODS, etc., ideally in a mixed client environment (Windows/Mac/Linux)
• Experience in using/managing/deploying HPC systems and scheduler policies - SLURM, SGE, etc.
• Advanced experience in Unix/Linux systems administration and integration, including:
  • scripting and automation using at least one high level language, preferably, python.
  • networking - Ethernet, TCP/IP, ideally InfiniBand – e.g. Mellanox.
  • Monitoring/logging tools - e.g. Splunk, Grafana, Elk Stack, etc.

Closing date: 11/08/2024

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Senior HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer, please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!

All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.