Head of HPC Architecture & Strategy

CGG Services (UK) Limited; Crawley; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Annual leave

Pension

Wellbeing app

Discount platform

Cycle scheme

Medical & dental

Job summary

Viridien seeks an experienced HPC Architecture Leader to shape the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of our high-performance computing platforms.

You will lead end-to-end architecture for next-generation HPC systems, aligning stakeholders across engineering, operations, vendors, and clients to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions that power mission-critical data processing and simulation workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or equivalent).
• 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, and scaling large-scale HPC compute and storage architectures, with demonstrated ownership of outcomes in production environments.
• 3+ years managing and leading an HPC technology team.
• Demonstrated people leadership (direct or dotted-line): mentoring, coaching, setting expectations, and building strong team culture.
• Proven expertise in designing performance-optimized, high-density systems utilizing both CPU and GPU technologies.
• Deep technical command of the HPC stack, including next-gen processors, memory subsystems, and high-speed interconnects.
• Comprehensive mastery of Linux-based environments and the broader HPC ecosystem.
• Familiarity with HPC benchmarking, monitoring, and performance-tuning tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to align teams and drive decisions across a matrixed organization.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, including planning, risk management, and driving execution across globally distributed teams and vendors.
• Curious, self-driven mindset with a passion for learning and applying emerging HPC technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture for next-generation HPC systems.
• Align stakeholders across engineering, operations, vendors, and clients to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions.
• Deliver measurable improvements in performance, reliability, and total cost of ownership.

Skills

HPC architecture leadership

Team leadership

Linux HPC

CPU & GPU architectures

Benchmarking & tuning

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in STEM

Tools

InfiniBand networking

BeeGFS/Lustre storage

Job description

Viridien seeks an experienced HPC Architecture Leader to shape the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of our high-performance computing platforms.

You will lead end-to-end architecture for next-generation HPC systems, aligning stakeholders across engineering, operations, vendors, and clients to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions that power mission-critical data processing and simulation workloads.