Senior HPC Engineer

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited seeks a Senior HPC Engineer for a 12-month contract in Stevenage. The role focuses on maintaining, securing and optimising Linux-based HPC infrastructure, with close collaboration with researchers and technical teams.

You will manage HPC clusters, ensure reliability and performance, and support scientific applications and complex workloads, including GPU computing and Slurm workload management. Hybrid onsite presence is required.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on administration of RHEL 7/8/9.
• HPC cluster administration and troubleshooting.
• Slurm deployment, configuration and workload management.
• Scientific applications within Linux HPC environments.
• MPI libraries and computational workloads.
• Hardware, OS and scheduler troubleshooting.
• ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM experience.
• GPU computing and CUDA knowledge.
• Ansible or similar automation tools.
• HPC networking including InfiniBand/high-speed Ethernet.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, secure and optimise Linux-based HPC infrastructure.
• Keep HPC clusters and high-end workstations reliable and high performing.
• Support scientific applications and computational workloads.
• Collaborate with researchers and technical teams in Stevenage.

Skills

RHEL administration

HPC cluster administration

Slurm deployment

Scientific Linux HPC

MPI libraries

Hardware/OS troubleshooting

ITSM (ServiceNow)

CUDA knowledge

Automation (Ansible)

InfiniBand networking

Tools

Ansible

CUDA

InfiniBand

Job description

We're looking for a Senior HPC Engineer to join a major scientific computing environment on a 12-month contract in Stevenage. This is a hands-on role focused on maintaining, securing and optimising Linux-based HPC infrastructure, with the opportunity to work closely with research scientists and technical teams.

You'll be responsible for keeping HPC clusters and high-end workstations reliable, secure and performing efficiently, while supporting scientific applications and complex computational workloads.

Key Skills:

• Strong hands-on administration of RHEL 7, 8 and 9
• HPC cluster administration and troubleshooting
• Slurm deployment, configuration and workload management
• Scientific applications within Linux HPC environments
• MPI libraries and computational workloads
• Hardware, OS and scheduler troubleshooting
• ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM experience
• GPU computing and CUDA knowledge
• Ansible or similar automation tools
• HPC networking, including InfiniBand/high-speed Ethernet

The role is hybrid, with 3 days per week onsite in Stevenage.