Hybrid HPC System Administrator – Slurm, Linux & Storage

Lenovo; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday purchase

Private medical

Income protection

Positive work life balance

Learning and development

Life insurance

Lenovo and Motorola products discounts

Cycle to work

MyGymDiscounts

Mortgage advice and support

Referral bonus

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Lenovo in the United Kingdom (Hampshire) is hiring an HPC System Administrator to manage data center infrastructure, Linux/Unix environments, and monitoring to ensure uptime and security. This role blends on-site and remote support for customers.

You will apply automation with Ansible and Python, work with GPFS/Network storage, InfiniBand networking, and software upgrades. A proactive, hands-on approach is essential to minimize downtime and deliver reliable services.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with HPC tools and schedulers such as Slurm and PBS Pro, as well as Confluent.
• Solid scripting and automation skills using Ansible, Bash, and Python.
• Experience with distributed storage systems and file systems (GPFS, Weka, DDN, NFS, SMB).
• Knowledge of advanced networking technologies (InfiniBand, RDMA, ROCE).
• Experience with version control and automation practices (GitLab, GitOps).
• Strong background in system administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational support, including security patching.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring, maintaining, and managing the physical infrastructure of a data center, ensuring its operation, reliability, and security.
• Monitoring power and cooling systems and network connectivity.
• Hardware and system software debugging and troubleshooting.
• Responding to alerts, performing preventative maintenance, rolling out firmware updates, and minimizing downtime.
• Performing software and OS upgrades to latest standards.
• Resolve errors through developing, testing and implementing changes to the system.
• Provide corrective and preventive maintenance and troubleshoot defects.
• Perform testing for fixes, upgrades, and security patches.

Skills

Slurm

PBS Pro

Confluent

Bash

Python

Ansible

GitLab

GitOps

Networking basics

Security patching

Tools

GPFS

Weka

DDN

NFS

SMB

InfiniBand

RDMA

ROCE

Job description

Lenovo in the United Kingdom (Hampshire) is hiring an HPC System Administrator to manage data center infrastructure, Linux/Unix environments, and monitoring to ensure uptime and security. This role blends on-site and remote support for customers.

You will apply automation with Ansible and Python, work with GPFS/Network storage, InfiniBand networking, and software upgrades. A proactive, hands-on approach is essential to minimize downtime and deliver reliable services.