Senior Research Infra & HPC Systems Lead

University of Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Birmingham is seeking an enthusiastic leader to head the Systems Team within the AIS group of Advanced Research Computing. You will supervise Research Infrastructure Engineers and own the design, configuration, security, uptime and availability of large-scale computing services including Baskerville NCR.

You will apply a DevOps mindset, leveraging automation, observability, and configuration management tools, while coordinating with researchers, security teams and external vendors

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Linux system administration and operations.
• Hands-on with Git, Terraform, Ansible or Salt, plus observability stacks.
• Strong Bash/Python scripting and effective stakeholder communication.
• Experience leading a small engineering or operations team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Research Infrastructure Engineers.
• Design, configure, secure, and maintain Baskerville NCR services.
• Adopt a DevOps approach with automation and observability tools.
• Collaborate with researchers, security teams, and external vendors.

Skills

Linux system administration

Bash

Python

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Communication skills

Tools

Git

Terraform

Ansible

Salt

Grafana

Job description

University of Birmingham is seeking an enthusiastic leader to head the Systems Team within the AIS group of Advanced Research Computing. You will supervise Research Infrastructure Engineers and own the design, configuration, security, uptime and availability of large-scale computing services including Baskerville NCR.

You will apply a DevOps mindset, leveraging automation, observability, and configuration management tools, while coordinating with researchers, security teams and external vendors