HPC System Administrator — On-Site/Remote Linux & HPC Ops

Lenovo; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday purchase

Private medical

Income protection

Life insurance

Cycle to work

Discounts on Lenovo/Motorola products

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Lenovo is seeking an HPC System Administrator in London, UK, to manage data center infrastructure, work across on-site and remote support, and ensure high availability. The role emphasizes Slurm and PBS Pro, Linux administration, and hands-on hardware familiarity within a Managed Services context.

The team seeks experience with HPC tooling, scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible), storage systems (GPFS, NFS), and networking technologies (InfiniBand, RDMA, ROCE).

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with HPC tools and schedulers (Slurm, PBS Pro)
• Scripting skills: Python, Bash, Ansible
• Experience with distributed storage systems (GPFS, NFS) and file systems
• Knowledge of InfiniBand, RDMA, ROCE networking
• Version control with GitLab, GitOps practices
• Strong system administration, monitoring and troubleshooting
• Hardware/infrastructure deployment, OS deployment, firmware upgrades

Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain and manage data center infrastructure for reliability and security
• Monitor power, cooling and network connectivity
• Debug hardware and system software, perform firmware upgrades
• Respond to alerts and minimize downtime through preventative maintenance
• Upgrade software and OS, perform security patches
• Develop, test and implement changes to resolve defects
• Provide corrective and preventive maintenance and troubleshooting

Skills

Slurm

PBS Pro

Confluent

Python

Bash

Ansible

GitLab

GitOps

GPFS

NFS

InfiniBand

RDMA

ROCE

Linux admin

Monitoring

Security patching

Tools

Confluent

Job description

Lenovo is seeking an HPC System Administrator in London, UK, to manage data center infrastructure, work across on-site and remote support, and ensure high availability. The role emphasizes Slurm and PBS Pro, Linux administration, and hands-on hardware familiarity within a Managed Services context.

The team seeks experience with HPC tooling, scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible), storage systems (GPFS, NFS), and networking technologies (InfiniBand, RDMA, ROCE).