HPC Linux Systems Administrator – Research IT

1000scholars; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata)

Season ticket loan

Development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Queen Mary University of London is seeking a Systems Administrator for ITS Research to support the Linux-based HPC cluster, Research services (e.g., GitHub Enterprise) and virtual machines. The role requires strong Linux skills, HPC expertise and DevOps experience including Puppet and Git workflows.

The post holder will deploy, test, benchmark and document use of a range of research applications for use on the HPC cluster and support researchers across the university.

Qualifications

• Substantial knowledge and experience managing large Linux server installations in academic or enterprise environments.
• Demonstrable experience of managing a job scheduler on an HPC cluster.
• Experience with DevOps methodologies, automation, configuration management using Puppet and Git, and CI solutions.
• Ability to provision and test Open Source applications using source, scripts, containers or packages.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for operating systems, applications and services on ITS Research facilities, including the HPC cluster and related services.
• Deploy, test, benchmark and document use of research applications for the HPC cluster.
• Support Linux servers in an enterprise/academic setting and contribute to best practice documentation.

Skills

Linux

High Performance Computing (HPC)

Scripting

Git workflows

Tools

Puppet

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Queen Mary University of London is seeking a Systems Administrator for ITS Research to support the Linux-based HPC cluster, Research services (e.g., GitHub Enterprise) and virtual machines. The role requires strong Linux skills, HPC expertise and DevOps experience including Puppet and Git workflows.

The post holder will deploy, test, benchmark and document use of a range of research applications for use on the HPC cluster and support researchers across the university.