Pb Role Description and Key Deliverables /b /pp We 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. /pp The 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. /p pb Key Responsibilities /b /pulli Design, 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. /lili Develop, deliver and operate research computing services and applications. /lili Take a Site Reliability Engineering approach to HPC services, managing the development deployment, monitoring and incident response end-to-end. /lili Solve complex technical problems, both with SCP services and the user’s use of them. /li /ul pb Essential 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 /lili Drive innovative computational solutions and exploit emerging technologies /lili Experience of administration of large-scale cluster and server computing and related /lili Software (e.g. Slurm, LSF, Grid Engine) /lili Hands-on experience working in a DevOps team and using agile methodologies /lili Operating and consuming virtualized private cloud resources (e.g. OpenStack) /lili Understanding of Linux system administration, the TCP/IP stack, and storage subsystems /lili Experience in implementing and administering large-scale parallel filesystems (e.g. Weka, GPFS, Lustre) /lili Proven experience of using configuration management (e.g. ansible, salt, puppet) and technology frameworks in IT operations /lili Experience of developing and managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers /lili Scripting and tool development for HPC DevOps style platform operations using bash and Python /li /ul pb Desirable Skills and Knowledge /b /pulli Scientific degree, and/or experience in computationally intensive analysis of scientific data /lili Previous experience in high performance computing (HPC) environments, especially at large scales (10,000 cores) /lili Operation and configuration of public cloud computing infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus /lili Managing a virtualized private cloud environment (e.g. OpenStack) is a plus /lili Container technology (e.g. LXD, Singularity, Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus /lili Demonstrated development experience with a variety of programming languages, tools, and technologies (Java/C++, Python/Ruby/Perl, SQL, AWS) is a plus /lili Experience with Hashicorp tools like terraform, vault, consul and nomad is a plus /lili Working experience with high-speed networks (e.g. InfiniBand) /li /ul