Platform Manager (HPC & Digital Infrastructure)

Sanderson Recruitment Plc; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Significant investment in technology &

Opportunity to work with advanced HPC

Career-defining platform leadership

Job summary

Sanderson Recruitment Plc is recruiting a Platform Manager (HPC & Digital Infrastructure) in Bristol. The role oversees a complex HPC and digital infrastructure landscape, including Linux, GPU computing, clusters, storage, networking, and cloud services, with hybrid working arrangements.

You will lead a skilled team, drive platform maturity, define roadmaps, ensure resilience and security, and collaborate with researchers and engineers to advance high-performance computing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading HPC and Linux infrastructure teams.
• Experience in platform engineering and service delivery.
• Proven ability to define roadmaps and collaborate with researchers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead operation and strategic development of a complex HPC and digital infrastructure environment.
• Manage platform services supporting HPC workloads and research computing.
• Oversee Linux-based servers, cluster infrastructure, storage platforms, and networking services.
• Ensure platform resilience, scalability, security, and availability.
• Drive automation, monitoring, observability, and operational best practices.
• Manage technical incidents, service improvements, and platform optimisation programmes.
• Lead and develop a team of platform engineers and technical specialists.
• Define and deliver infrastructure roadmaps aligned to future business requirements.
• Work with stakeholders to prioritise investment and innovation initiatives.

Skills

Platform Management

Infrastructure Operations

High-Performance Computing

Linux Systems Administration

Technical Operations Leadership

Service Delivery & Operational Exelll

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Platform Manager (HPC & Digital Infrastructure)

Bristol (Hybrid)
£55,000 - £65,000 + Excellent Benefits

Platform Manager | HPC | Research Computing | Linux Infrastructure | Platform Engineering

Lead the Future of High Performance Computing & Research Infrastructure

A leading research and technology-focused organisation is seeking a Platform Manager (HPC & Digital Infrastructure) to take ownership of a complex and business-critical technology environment supporting advanced research, innovation, digital experimentation, and high-performance computing workloads.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced technology leader to oversee the operation, performance, security, and evolution of a sophisticated platform estate spanning HPC infrastructure, GPU computing, Linux environments, cluster technologies, networking, storage, cloud services, and research computing platforms.

You will play a key role in shaping the future direction of the environment, ensuring it remains scalable, resilient, and capable of supporting demanding computational workloads and emerging technologies.

The Role

As Platform Manager, you will provide both strategic and operational leadership across a diverse technology estate, taking ownership of platform performance, service delivery, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Working with technical specialists, researchers, engineers, and senior stakeholders, you will drive platform maturity, improve operational excellence, and establish clear technology roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the operation and strategic development of a complex HPC and digital infrastructure environment.
• Manage platform services supporting high-performance computing and research computing workloads.
• Oversee Linux-based server environments, cluster infrastructure, storage platforms, and networking services.
• Ensure platform resilience, scalability, security, and availability.
• Drive automation, monitoring, observability, and operational best practices.
• Manage technical incidents, service improvements, and platform optimisation programmes.
• Lead and develop a team of technical specialists and platform engineers.
• Define and deliver infrastructure and platform roadmaps aligned to future business requirements.
• Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to prioritise investment and innovation initiatives.

About You

We are keen to speak with candidates who have experience in one or more of the following areas:

Essential

• Platform Management
• Infrastructure Operations
• High-Performance Computing (HPC)
• Linux Systems Administration
• Technical Operations Leadership
• Service Delivery & Operational Excellence
• Stakeholder Management

Desirable

• Research Computing Environments
• GPU Infrastructure (NVIDIA, CUDA)
• Scientific Computing
• Distributed Computing
• Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP)
• Infrastructure Automation
• DevOps Practices,CI/CD
• Network Infrastructure & Storage Platforms
• Research Technology Platforms

Why Apply?

This opportunity offers the chance to join an organisation at the intersection of technology, innovation, and research.

You will have genuine ownership of a highly specialised platform estate, influence future technology strategy, and work alongside experts solving complex technical challenges using cutting-edge infrastructure and computational technologies.

Package

• Excellent pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Significant investment in technology and infrastructure
• Opportunity to work with advanced HPC and digital research environments
• Career-defining platform leadership opportunity

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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