Cloud HPC Network Engineer

Hays plc

Cambridge, UK

4 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Compensation

£156,000.0 - £169,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.reed.co.uk

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol Cloud Computing Data Centers InfiniBand Python (Programming Language) Network Security Network Layer Linux System Administration Network Architecture Network Service OpenStack Performance Tuning

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Remote Direct Memory Access Ansible Virtual Machines Private Cloud Environment Computer Networking Systems Cloud Platform System High Performance Computing Nx-os Openstack Neutron Software Troubleshooting Kubernetes SDN Network Low Latency Bare Metal Api Design Terraform Open Network Automation Platform Cisco Network Optimization Nvme

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Private Cloud HPC Network Engineer to join a newly formed team responsible for the design, deployment and operation of a greenfield on-premises OpenStack private cloud environment. You will play a key role in building and evolving high-performance network infrastructure supporting HPC workloads, working across compute, storage and platform engineering teams to deliver a scalable, resilient and highly automated cloud platform., * Design and evolve network architecture for large-scale OpenStack private cloud and HPC environments

Develop and support scalable Leaf-Spine network architectures using BGP, EVPN, VXLAN and ECMP
Design networking solutions for high-performance compute, storage and latency-sensitive workloads
Integrate physical networking infrastructure with OpenStack technologies including Neutron, OVN and ML2
Define network architectures supporting virtual machines, bare-metal platforms and Kubernetes environments
Perform network optimisation, benchmarking, observability and performance tuning across HPC environments
Work closely with compute, storage and platform engineering teams to resolve complex cross-domain infrastructure challenges

Requirements

Strong experience designing and supporting HPC or large-scale compute environments using RoCE, RDMA and/or InfiniBand
Strong knowledge of Cisco NX-OS and/or Arista EOS networking platforms
Deep understanding of BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, ECMP, Layer 2/Layer 3 networking and Leaf-Spine architectures
Experience with OpenStack networking services including Neutron, OVN and ML2
Strong troubleshooting, network observability and performance tuning experience within HPC or data centre environments
Experience with network automation, API-driven infrastructure and software-defined networking

Additional Information:

Exposure to Kubernetes networking, Linux administration, Python, Ansible and Terraform would be highly beneficial
Experience with SR-IOV, DPDK, SmartNICs, DPUs and NVMe-over-Fabrics is desirable
Knowledge of network security architecture, threat modelling and SRE principles would be advantageous