HPC Engineer — Scientific Computing Platform (Hybrid)

Ellison Institute, LLC; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Enhanced holiday pay

Private Medical Insurance

Electric Car Scheme

Job summary

Ellison Institute, LLC in Oxford seeks an HPC Engineer for its Generative Biology Institute. In this role, you will operate and enhance the hybrid HPC platform supporting ambitious research objectives in engineering biology.

The position is ideal for someone with strong Linux and cloud computing skills, who enjoys practical systems work and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Competitive salary, hybrid working, and various benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience supporting or administering Linux-based systems in an HPC environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot across systems, networking, and user workloads.
• Experience scripting and using automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Operate and improve GBI’s hybrid HPC platform.
• Provision and configure compute, storage, and platform services.
• Monitor platform health and investigate issues.

Skills

Linux systems support

High-performance computing (HPC)

Containerization (e.g., Kubernetes)

Automation tools (e.g., Terraform)

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Slurm

Ansible

Git

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Ellison Institute, LLC in Oxford seeks an HPC Engineer for its Generative Biology Institute. In this role, you will operate and enhance the hybrid HPC platform supporting ambitious research objectives in engineering biology.

The position is ideal for someone with strong Linux and cloud computing skills, who enjoys practical systems work and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Competitive salary, hybrid working, and various benefits offered.