Systems Engineer for HPC

Lunds Universitet; Lunds kommun; Hybrid; SEK 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Generous vacation benefits

Favourable pension schemes

Job summary

Lunds Universitet in Lund seeks a Systems Engineer for high-performance computing and research infrastructure. You will support Linux-based operations and collaborate with researchers to enhance LUNARC's efficiency.

The ideal candidate has solid Linux experience, scripting skills, and an interest in HPC. The position includes responsibilities like automation and development of new services, among others. This permanent role offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Good knowledge of scripting and automation (e.g., Python or Bash).
• Excellent English skills, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Operation and development of Linux-based HPC and research infrastructure.
• Automation, configuration management and development of internal services.
• Support researchers in utilizing LUNARC’s resources.

Skills

Linux system administration

Scripting and automation (Python or Bash)

Good knowledge of network architecture

Collaboration and communication skills

HPC environments and workload managers (e.g., SLURM)

Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

DevOps practices

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Ansible

Git

Job description

About the workplace

LUNARC is the centre for high‑performance computing (HPC), visualisation, and storage at Lund University. We provide advanced computing and data services to researchers across all faculties of the university, including science, engineering, medicine, economics, humanities and social sciences. We operate modern HPC clusters, visualisation resources and advanced storage systems, and continuously develop new services for interactive and data‑driven research. Our environment includes both traditional HPC infrastructure and modern platforms for container‑based and cloud‑adjacent workflows.

We offer

As a Swedish government agency, Lund University offers attractive employment terms, generous vacation benefits, favourable pension schemes, flexible working hours, and the option to work partly remotely. At LUNARC, you will join a dedicated team with strong technical expertise and real opportunities to influence technology choices and ways of working. We place great importance on professional development and offer both internal and external training.

Duties and responsibilities

We are now looking for a systems engineer who wants to help develop the next generation of high‑performance research infrastructure for computing, visualisation, and storage. This role suits someone with a strong background in Linux and infrastructure who enjoys working at the intersection of HPC, DevOps, and modern platform operations. You will combine operational work with development‑focused tasks in close collaboration with the rest of the team, and work closely with researchers to help them make the best use of LUNARC’s resources.

The tasks range from operational support to the development of new services and close collaboration with researchers and users. The role includes both daily infrastructure operations and long‑term development of LUNARC’s technical platforms.

• Operation and development of Linux‑based HPC and research infrastructure
• Automation, configuration management and development of internal services
• Operation and further development of container and virtualisation platforms
• Monitoring, troubleshooting and performance optimisation
• Management of storage and network infrastructure
• User support for researchers and research projects
• Installation and optimisation of scientific software
• Participation in development projects related to new services and infrastructures
• Technology scouting and evaluation of new technologies within HPC, AI and cloud infrastructure

Qualifications

You do not need extensive prior experience with HPC, but you must have experience with Linux‑based infrastructures, automation or modern platform operations, as well as a willingness to develop within HPC and research infrastructure.

Requirements

• Experience with Linux system administration
• Experience operating Linux‑based infrastructures, preferably HPC environments or other large distributed systems
• Good knowledge of network architecture
• Good knowledge of scripting and automation (e.g. Python or Bash)
• Strong interest in developing further within the field
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and in a structured manner
• Excellent English skills, both written and spoken
• HPC environments and workload managers such as SLURM
• Container technologies and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Apptainer/Singularity)
• DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code and configuration management (e.g. Ansible)
• Experience working in agile development or operations environments
• Cloud infrastructure and virtualisation
• Experience with Git, code review processes and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with collaboration and development platforms such as GitLab and CI/CD workflows
• Distributed storage systems and parallel file systems such as IBM Storage Scale (GPFS)
• High‑performance networking technologies, for example, InfiniBand
• GPU‑based systems and AI/ML infrastructure
• Installation and optimisation of scientific software

Additional information

The position is permanent and full‑time (100%). A probationary period may apply. Start date according to the agreement. The position title will be Systems Engineer.