HPC Cloud Engineer

University Of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in Bath is seeking a Research Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in HPC and Linux administration. The ideal candidate will have experience with job schedulers and cloud services. This role offers a competitive salary, a generous pension scheme, and a range of professional development opportunities. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Generous employer contributory pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Support for immigration expenses

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge and experience of administering Linux servers.
• Familiar with HPC technologies, including job schedulers.
• Experience with any cloud services such as Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design and delivery of training courses.
• Manage research infrastructure and support HPC technologies.

Skills

Administering Linux servers

HPC technologies

Experience with HPC Job Schedulers

Scripting languages (Bash, Python, SQL)

Experience with cloud services

Understanding of parallel programming

Training course design

Job description

About you

• Detailed knowledge and experience of administering Linux servers and a working knowledge of Windows operating system.
• Familiar with HPC technologies, including provisioning, job schedulers and low-latency interconnects.
• Experience with HPC Job Schedulers such as SLURM, PBS and IBM LSF.
• Knowledge and experience in using one or more scripting languages, such as Bash, Python and SQL.
• Experience with any cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, AWS and GCP.
• Understanding of parallel programming methodologies.
• Experience in the design and delivery of training courses.

Additional information

• This role includes a market supplement of £12,000 in addition to the base salary scale. The total salary range displayed above reflects the base salary plus market supplement.
• The role title 'HPC Cloud Engineer' is for advertising purposes only. If successful, your role title will be Research Infrastructure Engineer.

What we can offer you

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Right to Work in the UK:

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting

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