Lead High-Performance Computing Engineer (HPC)

The University of Western Australia; Perth; On-site; AUD 121,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous paid leave

17% employer paid superannuation

Salary packaging

Incremental progression

Course discounts

Discounted health insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is recruiting a Senior HPC Engineer to lead the design and delivery of university-wide HPC services. This role focuses on guidance for teaching and research, and shaping a blended HPC service offering across owned, hosted and cloud platforms.

Joining UWA’s HPC team, you will maintain and improve Linux-based HPC systems, ensuring reliability and alignment with service levels, working within a dynamic research environment in Australia’s WA region.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification with extensive relevant experience, or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Substantial computing experience in compiling and troubleshooting applications, dependencies and libraries in a mixed platform HPC environment.
• Experience with programming/scripting languages (C++, Python, Fortran, Bash).
• Experience implementing, repairing and maintaining HPC or Linux solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to maximise university investments.

Responsibilities

• Provide insight and guidance on pathways to achieve HPC outcomes for teaching and research activities.
• Develop service offerings for HPC services across University-owned, externally hosted and cloud-based platforms.
• Lead maintenance, monitoring and continuous improvement of HPC systems ensuring reliability and SLAs.

Skills

C++

Python

Fortran

Bash

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

Autotools

CMake

Job description

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is recruiting a Senior HPC Engineer to lead the design and delivery of university-wide HPC services. This role focuses on guidance for teaching and research, and shaping a blended HPC service offering across owned, hosted and cloud platforms.

Joining UWA’s HPC team, you will maintain and improve Linux-based HPC systems, ensuring reliability and alignment with service levels, working within a dynamic research environment in Australia’s WA region.