Senior HPC & Cloud Computing Specialist for Research

NextGig; Sydney; On-site; AUD 152,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Sydney is seeking a Senior HPC Research Computing Specialist in Sydney. You will enable world-class research computing, provide expert HPC and cloud guidance, and collaborate with researchers and ICT teams to deliver scalable, reproducible computational solutions.

You will help shape the Sydney Research Cloud ecosystem, develop shared tools, and train users to build capability across the university's research community.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Extensive experience supporting research computing environments and HPC platforms.
• Strong Linux-based HPC, storage and cloud computing expertise (AWS/Azure).
• Proven scripting/automation experience with Python and shell scripting.
• Experience deploying software containers, workflows and pipelines; familiar with PBS/SLURM and national facilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice on HPC, cloud computing, workload optimisation and reproducible workflows.
• Support researchers to identify computational platforms and resolve complex issues across HPC and cloud environments.
• Coordinate researcher access to institutional and national research computing facilities.
• Develop, maintain and support scientific software environments, containers, workflows and data management solutions.
• Act as liaison between researchers, ICT, national facilities and vendors.
• Design and deliver training, documentation and user resources to build researcher capability.
• Analyse platform performance and usage trends to support capacity planning.

Skills

Linux HPC

Python scripting

Shell scripting

HPC environments

Cloud computing

Automation

Collaboration with researchers

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

AWS

Azure

PBS

SLURM

Containers

NCI

Pawsey

Job description

University of Sydney is seeking a Senior HPC Research Computing Specialist in Sydney. You will enable world-class research computing, provide expert HPC and cloud guidance, and collaborate with researchers and ICT teams to deliver scalable, reproducible computational solutions.

You will help shape the Sydney Research Cloud ecosystem, develop shared tools, and train users to build capability across the university's research community.