PbRole Description and Key Deliverables /b /ppWe are seeking a passionate HPC engineer. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience making an impact with HPC technology, delivering HPC services to a high quality, and able to relate to the scientific community and work closely with users to make the best use of research computing services. /ppThe HPC landscape is continually evolving. You will need the skills to help build and operate industry-leading capabilities, including application build frameworks, containerised applications and cloud software-as-a-service. Automated deployment is a key feature, and you will need to be comfortable with DevOps processes and delivering consistency through automation and infrastructure-as-code. /ppbr/ppbKey Responsibilities /b /pulliDesign, implement, and maintain robust platform infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ensuring secure and scalable environments in our private cloud ecosystem. /liliDevelop, deliver and operate research computing services and applications. /liliTake a Site Reliability Engineering approach to HPC services, managing the development deployment, monitoring and incident response end-to-end. /liliSolve complex technical problems, both with SCP services and the user’s use of them. /li /ulpbr/ppbEssential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience /b /pulli10+ years of hands-on experience operating, crafting or engineering large-scale computing environments, such as HPC, HTC or BC /liliDrive innovative computational solutions and exploit emerging technologies /liliExperience of administration of large-scale cluster and server computing and related /liliSoftware (e.g. Slurm, LSF, Grid Engine) /liliHands-on experience working in a DevOps team and using agile methodologies /liliOperating and consuming virtualized private cloud resources (e.g. OpenStack) /liliUnderstanding of Linux system administration, the TCP/IP stack, and storage subsystems /liliExperience in implementing and administering large-scale parallel filesystems (e.g. Weka, GPFS, Lustre) /liliProven experience of using configuration management (e.g. ansible, salt, puppet) and technology frameworks in IT operations /liliExperience of developing and managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers /liliScripting and tool development for HPC DevOps style platform operations using bash and Python /li /ulpbr/ppbDesirable Skills and Knowledge /b /pulliScientific degree, and/or experience in computationally intensive analysis of scientific data /liliPrevious experience in high performance computing (HPC) environments, especially at large scales (10,000 cores) /liliOperation and configuration of public cloud computing infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus /liliManaging a virtualized private cloud environment (e.g. OpenStack) is a plus /liliContainer technology (e.g. LXD, Singularity, Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus /liliDemonstrated development experience with a variety of programming languages, tools, and technologies (Java/C++, Python/Ruby/Perl, SQL, AWS) is a plus /liliExperience with Hashicorp tools like terraform, vault, consul and nomad is a plus /liliWorking experience with high-speed networks (e.g. InfiniBand) /li /ul