High Performance Computing Hpc System Administrator

5 days ago


Reading, United Kingdom AWE PLC Full time

**High Performance Computing**

**Location** - Reading area

**Package** - £41,950 - £60,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

AWE **(one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK)** offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

- Market leading contributory pension scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement **(270 hours a year, including Bank Holidays, plus every other Friday off)**
- Flexible working hours
- Salary sacrifice scheme
- Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply)

**The Role**:
Working as part of the High Performance Computing (HPC) group to provide system administration support for AWE HPC supercomputers and their user communities. You will be responsible for managing **some of the most powerful supercomputers in the UK** and supporting computational services that have essential roles for AWE's scientific and engineering communities.

This role will have opportunities for advancement.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Support the planning, installation and commissioning of new HPC systems
- Provide day-to-day system administration support
- Configuration management of HPC platform hardware and software
- Monitor the performance and the reliability of HPC systems
- Development of in-house tools to support HPC platform administration
- Maintain an awareness of current and future developments in the HPC field
- Overseas travel to attend conferences and collaborative meetings

**To be considered for this opportunity, you'll need the following**:

- Experience of LINUX/UNIX operating systems
- Scripting skills (preferably Python and Bash)
- Awareness of computer security concepts
- Experience of first
- and second-line user support
- Able to work independently and unsupervised, as well as part of a team
- Good communication skills

**The following would be advantageous**:

- Experience of HPC clustered computing
- Experience of parallel file systems

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