HPC Systems Engineer - Up to £200k + Bonus

Hunter Bond
Greater London, UK
11 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£200,000.0
Working hours
Shift work

Tech stack

Systems Engineering Linux DevOps Distributed Systems General Parallel File Systems Python (Programming Language) Weka Ceph (Software) Scripting Kubernetes Storage Technologies Slurm

Job description

  • Building out a large-scale Linux-based research compute environment with an unlimited budget Working on performance and availability issues across distributed systems
  • Optimising high-performance storage platforms
  • Work closely with developers and researchers to improve system performance
  • Design and implement next-generation compute and storage infrastructure
  • Working with a DevOps mindset, * Flexible hours/work options
  • The chance to work with the most cutting-edge technology in the Industry
  • Technologists only report to technologists
  • Techies treated as top commodity so ‘spoiled’
  • Small team size in a growing company so an ability to make a significant impact
  • Constantly exciting greenfield projects in an ever-evolving environment

Requirements

  • Strong Linux/HPC Engineering background with a DevOps mindset
  • Experience with distributed resource management systems (Kubernetes, Slurm etc.)
  • Experience with high-performance storage technologies (Lustre, Weka, GPFS, Ceph, VAST etc.)
  • Strong scripting ability, ideally Python
  • They’re looking for someone passionate about tech in and outside of work

Benefits & conditions

  • Build and scale one of the most advanced research computing environments in the industry.
  • Huge technical ownership, exceptional resources, a genuinely collaborative culture, and stunning London offices with hybrid working
  • Best benefits in the industry (30 days hols, all certs/further edu paid for, outstanding work life balance)

An Elite Technology Firm is expanding its HPC infrastructure team and looking for exceptional Systems Engineers who thrive on solving complex problems across large-scale Linux environments.

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