Senior HPC Linux Engineer — Slurm & Automation

The ONE Group Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The ONE Group Ltd is seeking a hands-on HPC engineer in Cambridge to join a technically ambitious environment. You will assess and improve an existing computational platform, with Linux and HPC expertise delivering immediate impact while keeping the underlying infrastructure running reliably day to day.

This role blends operational support with targeted improvement work. You will identify bottlenecks, propose changes, and implement them, working with the Infrastructure team in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience administering RHEL/Linux.
• Proven HPC experience, ideally with Slurm.
• Experience with containers and/or virtualization.
• Automation proficiency using Ansible, Python and Bash.
• Able to diagnose complex infrastructure and performance issues.
• Able to work independently and communicate findings clearly.

Responsibilities

• Assess and optimise the existing HPC environment, including compute, scheduling, storage and network performance.
• Provide senior-level Linux administration and troubleshooting across the infrastructure.
• Investigate performance, availability and capacity issues using monitoring and observability tooling.
• Deliver infrastructure improvements through defined work packages and sprint-based activity.
• Improve automation, reliability and operational processes across the platform.
• Document findings, recommendations and technical changes for the wider team.

Skills

RHEL/Linux

HPC experience

Slurm

Containers

Automation (Ansible)

Python

Bash

Independent working

Tools

Ansible

Python

Bash

Monitoring tools

Job description

The ONE Group Ltd is seeking a hands-on HPC engineer in Cambridge to join a technically ambitious environment. You will assess and improve an existing computational platform, with Linux and HPC expertise delivering immediate impact while keeping the underlying infrastructure running reliably day to day.

This role blends operational support with targeted improvement work. You will identify bottlenecks, propose changes, and implement them, working with the Infrastructure team in a fast-paced