HPC Consultant (Contract)

Curo Resourcing Ltd.; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a HPC Principal Consultant to assess and advise on high-performance computing infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in software development, particularly within container technologies and HPC frameworks. Responsibilities include conducting assessments and guiding the client’s team towards best practices in HPC. This role offers a pay rate of £413 per day inside IR35, with a strong emphasis on soft skills and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in HPC consulting and working within the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Familiarity with container technologies and marketplace dynamics.
• Strong background in CFD software including MPI and OpenFOAM.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews with customer staff to assess current HPC infrastructure.
• Provide insights on container technologies suitable for HPC use cases.
• Perform a skillset analysis of the client's technical team.

Skills

Job Scheduling (Slurm at Kubernetes)

Jupyter ecosystem

Evaluating Kubernetes vs. Beowulf cluster architectures

Skillset and knowledge gap analysis

Excellent written & verbal communication

Tools

OpenMPI with Apptainer

Podman/Buildah

Job description

Our enterprise client is looking for a HPC Principal Consultant to join their team.

Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 5 Days
Pay Rate: £413 p/d (PLEASE NOTE: Employer NI is paid for by the client)
Total Daily Earnings: £470 p/d (includes rolled up holiday)
IR35 Status: Inside
Location: DerbyNOTE: Active SC Clearance is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Conduct interviews with customer staff covering the following areas:

• Current infrastructure and use cases of HPC.
• Market view of container technologies and options for HPC Use Cases.
• Solution Discovery.

Technical Skills

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including:

• Job Scheduling (Slurm at Kubernetes), Run:AI and GPU slicing.
• Jupyter ecosystem (Hubs/Labs/Notebooks) for Data Scientists workflows.
• Evaluating Kubernetes vs. Beowulf cluster architectures for HPC.
• Skillset and knowledge gap analysis of the team with respect to: Best practices for MPI-optimized container images, including OpenMPI with Apptainer (SIF), Podman/Buildah tooling, and other alternatives.

Experience in CFD software such as:

• MPI, OpenFOAM
• NVIDIA BCM
• SIF format
• HPC Workflows
• Kubernetes as HPC runtime environment

Soft Skills

• A strong desire to help others by sharing knowledge, peer reviewing, and contributing to technical and process standards.
• Work well within a team, report issues and risks, take part in team meetings, share ideas and work towards improving our service.
• Excellent written & verbal communication with customers to understand and to influence.

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