Position Available: HPC Lead Architect Location: Hertfordshire or Gloucestershire (Hybrid
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- 2/3 days per week) Salary: £65,000
- £75,000 (DoE) Bonus Experience needed: We're looking for an experienced HPC or Linux infrastructure specialist with a strong background in designing and scaling high-performance computing environments, including clusters, storage, and high-speed networking.
About the role: In this role, you'll be responsible for designing and evolving high-performance computing platforms that support complex simulations and data-intensive workloads.
You'll take ownership of the HPC architecture, working across compute, storage, and networking to ensure systems are scalable, high-performing, and aligned to future demand.
Key Responsibilities: Define and deliver the HPC architecture roadmap aligned to business and engineering needs Design and build HPC clusters across compute (CPU/GPU), storage, and high-speed networking Ensure systems are optimised for performance, scalability, and reliability Lead performance benchmarking, capacity planning, and workload optimisation Define standards, best practices, and reference architectures across HPC environments Collaborate with engineering teams and vendors to deliver effective HPC solutions Support and guide engineering and operations teams with technical leadership What we need from you: Proven experience in HPC environments, including cluster design and architecture Strong Linux expertise (e.g.
RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu) Experience with HPC technologies such as SLURM, MPI, and parallel file systems (e.g.
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Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS) Knowledge of high-performance networking (InfiniBand, RDMA, high-speed Ethernet) Experience in performance optimisation, benchmarking, and scaling workloads Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to contribute to technical strategy If successful, the person in this role will need to be eligible for, and go through DV clearance If you would like to know more details about the position or want to register your interest, hit apply below.