HPC Engineer (Linux) - Sussex, Onsite

• Act as senior escalation point for complex Linux and HPC issues

• Lead deployments of new infrastructure and compute platforms

• Deliver technical projects from planning through to implementation and handover

• Evaluate and pilot new technologies and platform improvements

• Optimise Linux environments for performance, scalability, and availability

• Support automation and configuration management initiatives

• Work closely with global teams on upgrades and infrastructure enhancements

• Maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures

• Participate in on-call support rota and continuous service improvement activities

• Mentor junior team members and communicate technical solutions to stakeholders

• 5+ years Linux Systems Administration experience, ideally within HPC environments

• Strong commercial experience supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments

• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet or GitLab

• Containerisation experience including Docker and orchestration technologies

• Scripting experience with Bash, Python or Perl

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Experience managing technical projects and working within ITSM environments

Desirable Skills

• Kubernetes, OpenStack or CI/CD tooling experience

• Cloud infrastructure and virtualisation exposure

• Knowledge of GPUs, RAID technologies, and HPC clustering

• Relevant Linux or ITIL certifications