Linux Engineer HPC

Senior Linux HPC Engineer You will support and maintain enterprise-scale Linux and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, working with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Slurm and GPU computing technologies. Contract: 12 months Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK Working pattern: Hybrid, 3 days onsite per week The Project You will manage and secure a scientific computing environment supporting research applications and computational workloads.

Working alongside research scientists and technical teams, you will help deliver reliable, secure and high-performing HPC services. Key Responsibilities Administer, patch and secure RHEL 7, 8 and 9 environments. Deploy, configure and manage Slurm workload scheduling.

Monitor and optimise HPC cluster performance and resource utilisation. Support scientific software, compilers, libraries and MPI environments. Troubleshoot hardware, operating system, scheduler and application issues. Work with scientists to optimise computational workloads.

Manage incidents and service requests through ServiceNow. Collaborate with networking, storage, security and DevOps teams. Technical Skills

Essential

10+ years' enterprise IT experience. 3-5 years' HPC or research computing experience. Strong RHEL 7, 8 and 9 administration. HPC cluster management and Slurm. Linux-based scientific application support. ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM platform.

Desirable

Docker and container technologies. Ansible and configuration management. GPU computing and CUDA. OpenMPI, MPICH and InfiniBand. High-speed Ethernet and HPC networking. Web server configuration and SSL certificates. RHCSA or RHCE certifications.

Eligibility and Contact UK right-to-work candidates only, including eligible dependant visa holders and those with ILR. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship or Skilled Worker visa support is not available. To apply or find out more, contact

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