HPC Lead — Flexible, Scalable Compute for R&D

Syngenta; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Bonus

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Flexible working

Global team

Training options

Job summary

Syngenta seeks an HPC Lead to manage high-performance computing infrastructure for R&D scientists at Jealott’s Hill, UK. You will oversee clusters, GPUs, storage and notebook environments, partnering with engineers and scientists to provide dependable compute access for advanced research.

Lead with a strong focus on scalability, security and cost optimization while mentoring engineers and shaping AI-assisted engineering practices in a global agricultural context.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in HPC cluster management.
• Demonstrable experience in NVIDIA GPU architecture and provisioning.
• Demonstrable experience in MPI, storage and job scheduling.
• Demonstrable experience in Kubernetes-native HPC orchestration.
• Demonstrable experience in HPC vendor and investment strategy.
• Demonstrable experience in scientific-computing workload fluency.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Strong background in infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools.
• Experience with HPC performance monitoring, profiling and optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of security protocols, compliance standards and disaster recovery for HPC environments.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluent English, written and spoken

Responsibilities

• Lead and apply deep expertise in HPC cluster management to deliver durable, scalable outcomes.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in NVIDIA GPU architecture and provisioning.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in MPI, storage and job scheduling.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in Kubernetes-native HPC orchestration.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in HPC vendor and investment strategy.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and scientific teams to translate needs into practical solutions.
• Establish and enforce security, compliance and disaster recovery procedures.
• Manage HPC budgets and vendor procurement decisions balancing cost and performance.
• Mentor and develop engineering staff fostering technical excellence.
• Create documentation and training materials for effective HPC use.

Skills

HPC cluster mgmt

NVIDIA GPU provisioning

MPI & scheduling

Kubernetes HPC

Vendor strategy

Scientific computing

AI-assisted engineering

Team leadership

IaC & config mgmt

Performance optimization

Security & DR

cross-functional comms

Fluent English

Job description

Syngenta seeks an HPC Lead to manage high-performance computing infrastructure for R&D scientists at Jealott’s Hill, UK. You will oversee clusters, GPUs, storage and notebook environments, partnering with engineers and scientists to provide dependable compute access for advanced research.

Lead with a strong focus on scalability, security and cost optimization while mentoring engineers and shaping AI-assisted engineering practices in a global agricultural context.