HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer

4 weeks ago

West London, United Kingdom The Francis Crick Institute Full time €47,000

Wehave an exciting opportunityavailable for an HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer to join one of the world's leading research Institutes at a crucial time in its evolution, and play a definitive role in shaping it for the future. You will join us on a full time , permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £47,000 per annum with benefits.

The Crick's mission is discovery without boundaries; we don't limit the direction our research takes. We want to understand more about how living things work to help improve treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of human disease, and generate economic opportunities for the UK. Much of our research is both data- and compute-intensive and relies on advanced Scientific Computing systems, services, and skills.

The HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer role:

As an HPC Systems Engineer, you will provide user support and assist in the design, implementation, development, and service delivery of the institute's HPC, Cloud, and Research Data Storage and Management hardware and software through a mix of on-premises systems and cloud services.

This role is part of the HPC team within ITO infrastructure and cloud platform, which supports the Crick's research community and works closely with Research Labs, other STPs.

The Crick has powerful CPU and GPU HPC clusters and a 16 Petabyte Spectrum Scale high performance storage system. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your skills and experience in a stimulating environment to make a real difference

Responsibilities of our HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer:

These include but are not limited to:

  • Help researchers make effective use of HPC and data storage systems by responding to support queries, providing advice, training and documentation.
  • Deploy Linux and Windows scientific applications on HPC platforms.
  • HPC training for non-computing research scientists
  • Monitor health, security and performance of systems software/hardware and scientific applications, working actively with vendors and members of the enterprise IT team to troubleshoot and quickly restore services when required.
  • Assist in the management of scheduler policies, access permissions, quotas, directory structures, and distribution of data across storage systems and tiers. (Accessed from Windows, Mac and Linux clients)
  • Automate operational tasks and perform changes to systems software/hardware required to improve management and service delivery.
  • Produce documentation for internal systems and support processes.
  • Create reports for presentation to management, governance groups and other key stakeholders regarding key research computing services managed by the Crick.
  • Assist in the deployment of proof-of-concept systems and services to meet evolving scientific requirements.
  • Assist in the specification, selection and implementation of new research storage and HPC systems.
  • Work with researchers to integrate scientific instruments and software with research data analysis and management platforms.
  • Develop in-depth knowledge and skills to deliver new technologies for research, as well as data management and processing techniques and best practice.

Skills and experience we are looking for in our HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer:

  • A degree in a computing/science/engineering subject with a significant computational component, or equivalent skills and experience.
  • Excellent Unix/Linux systems administration skills.
  • Experience in using/managing HPC systems and scheduler policies – e.g. SLURM, SGE, etc.
  • Experience in using/operating IBM Spectrum Scale storage system – e.g., GPFS.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and demonstrable ability to work collaboratively and flexibly as part of a technical team.
  • High attention to detail and accuracy, ability to analyse and interpret complex data, and to use it to solve complex technical problems quickly and effectively.
  • Enthusiasm to learn new skills and stay up to date on the most recent technologies.

Closing date: 3rd December 2024

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer , please click ‘apply' today, we'd love to hear from you

All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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