HPC Engineer

Monash University; Brixworth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Monash University in the UK is seeking an experienced HPC Engineer to own the reliability, availability and performance of HPC platforms supporting simulation and engineering workloads. You will improve compute, storage, networking and scheduling services, automate tasks with Bash, Python and Ansible, and provide technical escalation for incidents and capacity issues.

Collaboration with suppliers and internal teams is essential to raise service maturity.

Qualifications

• Expertise in HPC architecture, parallel workloads and resource scheduling.
• Strong Linux administration skills and secure configuration practices.
• Experience delivering upgrades, patches and change with minimal downtime.
• Ability to analyse capacity, performance and data movement issues.

Responsibilities

• Own reliability, availability and performance of HPC platforms.
• Improve compute, storage, networking and scheduling services for scalable workloads.
• Provide technical escalation for HPC incidents and capacity issues.
• Automate operational tasks using Bash, Python, Ansible or equivalent.
• Translate user requirements into service improvements.

Skills

HPC architecture

Linux administration

Schedulers (Slurm, PBS, LSF)

Performance tuning

Capacity planning

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Automation (Ansible)

Networking basics

Troubleshooting complex systems

Education

Linux/HPC certifications or equivalent experience

Tools

Slurm

PBS

LSF

Ansible

Bash

Job description

Job no: 498149
Work type: Permanent
Location: Brixworth
Categories:

Purpose of the role is to…

• Own the reliability, availability and performance of HPC platforms supporting simulation, analysis and engineering workloads
• Improve compute, storage, networking and scheduling services to enable efficient, scalable workload delivery
• Provide technical escalation for HPC incidents, capacity issues, performance bottlenecks and complex user problems
• Administering Linux-based HPC clusters, including compute nodes, schedulers and shared platform services
• Troubleshooting issues across hardware, OS, network, storage, applications and user workflows
• Managing capacity, performance and availability for engineering and simulation workloads
• Automating operational tasks using Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible or equivalent tools
• Translating technical user requirements into practical service improvements

Have experience of…

• Supporting Linux-based HPC, scientific computing, simulation or high-throughput compute environments
• Diagnosing workload, queue, licence, performance, data movement and application issues
• Operating at a senior technical level in an enterprise or engineering-led environment
• Delivering maintenance, upgrades, patching and change activity with minimal service impact
• Working with suppliers and internal teams to resolve platform issues and improve service maturity

Demonstrate knowledge of…

• HPC architecture, parallel workloads, scheduling, queues and resource allocation
• Linux administration, scripting, patching and secure configuration
• Schedulers such as Slurm, PBS, LSF or equivalent
• Scale-out storage, file systems, backup, archive and data lifecycle management
• Networking, interconnects, latency, bandwidth and data locality considerations
• Monitoring, performance tuning, benchmarking and capacity forecasting
• Security, vulnerability management, access control and compliance for shared platforms
• Desirable: motorsport, automotive, CFD, simulation or data science experience

Hold these qualifications…

• Relevant technical certifications, or equivalent experience, in Linux, HPC, storage, networking, automation or ITIL
• Analytical, curious and comfortable solving complex technical problems
• Proactive in improving resilience, reducing risk and removing operational friction
• Structured, communicative and effective across hands-on delivery and change control
• Collaborative, customer-focused and willing to share knowledge

Success in this role will be if you… (deliverables)

• Maintain stable, secure and performant HPC services for critical engineering workloads
• Improve compute and storage utilisation through effective monitoring, queue management and capacity planning
• Resolve incidents quickly and reduce repeat issues through automation, documentation and service improvement
• Deliver upgrades, maintenance and project work safely with clear communication and change control
• Improve simulation throughput, data availability and user productivity
• Define and guide strategic direction on HPC related topics
• The role combines operational support and project delivery, including planned maintenance, capacity improvement, lifecycle management and occasional out-of-hours activity

Advertised: 18 Aug 2026 GMT Daylight Time
Applications close: 18 Sep 2026 GMT Daylight Time

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