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# senior linux / hpc engineer.

- **Company:** Randstad UK
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £144,040.0 - £164,840.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, CentOS, Cloud Engineering, Computer Clusters, Nvidia CUDA, Data Centers, Linux, R (Programming Language), General Parallel File Systems, InfiniBand, Job Scheduling, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Package Management Systems, Queue Management Systems, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, Scientific Computating, VMware Virtualization, Grafana, Kubernetes, Nutanix
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.randstad.co.uk/jobs/senior-linux-hpc-engineer_london_47248329/

## About the Role

* 8+ Years in Linux Systems: Deep expertise in RHEL, CentOS, or Rocky Linux environments.
 * HPC Expertise: Solid understanding of cluster job schedulers (Altair Grid Engine / SGE preferred), parallel filesystems (GPFS/Spectrum Scale), and GPU workloads.
 * Scripting & Automation: Strong Bash capabilities (Python and Ansible are a major plus).
 * Migration Experience: Familiarity with migrating HPC toolchains, Spack module builds, or OS upgrades.
 * UK-Based: Flexible remote setup, but must be available for occasional visits to London (Telehouse) data centers.

Nice to Haves

 * Nutanix / VMware virtualization experience
 * CUDA / InfiniBand setup experience
 * Exposure to Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, or enterprise backup platforms

## Description

Looking for a hands-on Linux & HPC Engineer to join a elite Cloud Engineering group supporting high-performance scientific computing platforms. You'll work alongside a Senior HPC SME to support quantitative researchers, data scientists, and modelers, while helping drive a massive modernization initiative.

This isn't just an operational support role-you'll actively execute platform migrations, upgrade cutting-edge GPU clusters, and streamline HPC workflows., * Support Quantitative End-Users: Triage and resolve Altair Grid Engine job scheduling, queue management, and Linux environment issues (Spack, Python, R, permissions).

 * Drive Modernization & Migrations: Help lead a CentOS 7 * RHEL 9 migration across 400+ developer tools and support VM migration to Nutanix.
 * Hardware & GPU Upgrades: Assist with rolling out next-gen compute (NVIDIA B200 / RTX Pro) at UK data center sites.
 * Operational Excellence: Maintain runbooks, manage patch cycles/CVEs, and establish robust change-control hygiene.


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