About the role
Purpose of the role is to…
- Own the reliability, availability and performance of HPC platforms supporting simulation, analysis and engineering workloads
- Improve compute, storage, networking and scheduling services to enable efficient, scalable workload delivery
- Provide technical escalation for HPC incidents, capacity issues, performance bottlenecks and complex user problems
THEREFORE WE NEED YOU TO…
Be skilled at…
- Administering Linux-based HPC clusters, including compute nodes, schedulers and shared platform services
- Troubleshooting issues across hardware, OS, network, storage, applications and user workflows
- Managing capacity, performance and availability for engineering and simulation workloads
- Automating operational tasks using Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible or equivalent tools
- Translating technical user requirements into practical service improvements
Have experience of…
- Supporting Linux-based HPC, scientific computing, simulation or high-throughput compute environments
- Diagnosing workload, queue, licence, performance, data movement and application issues
- Operating at a senior technical level in an enterprise or engineering-led environment
- Delivering maintenance, upgrades, patching and change activity with minimal service impact
- Working with suppliers and internal teams to resolve platform issues and improve service maturity
Demonstrate knowledge of…
- HPC architecture, parallel workloads, scheduling, queues and resource allocation
- Linux administration, scripting, patching and secure configuration
- Schedulers such as Slurm, PBS, LSF or equivalent
- Scale-out storage, file systems, backup, archive and data lifecycle management
- Networking, interconnects, latency, bandwidth and data locality considerations
- Monitoring, performance tuning, benchmarking and capacity forecasting
- Security, vulnerability management, access control and compliance for shared platforms
- Desirable: motorsport, automotive, CFD, simulation or data science experience
Hold these qualifications…
- Relevant degree, apprenticeship, professional qualification or equivalent technical experience
- Relevant technical certifications, or equivalent experience, in Linux, HPC, storage, networking, automation or ITIL
Be…
- Analytical, curious and comfortable solving complex technical problems
- Proactive in improving resilience, reducing risk and removing operational friction
- Structured, communicative and effective across hands-on delivery and change control
- Collaborative, customer-focused and willing to share knowledge
Success in this role will be if you… (deliverables)
- Maintain stable, secure and performant HPC services for critical engineering workloads
- Improve compute and storage utilisation through effective monitoring, queue management and capacity planning
- Resolve incidents quickly and reduce repeat issues through automation, documentation and service improvement
- Deliver upgrades, maintenance and project work safely with clear communication and change control
- Improve simulation throughput, data availability and user productivity
- Define and guide strategic direction on HPC related topics
Additional information…
- The role combines operational support and project delivery, including planned maintenance, capacity improvement, lifecycle management and occasional out-of-hours activity