Job Description About the Role As a HPC Infrastructure Architect you will be a responsible for producing as-is and to-be technical landscapes, undertaking thorough gap analysis of the current environment, and have the ability to think strategically to define the businesses Architectual directions. This role sits within the HPC (High Performance Compute) Team within the Scalable Tech Service. You may have previously worked under a variety of different job titles within engineering and/or architecture, and you may have worked in a variety of organisational contexts. Whatever your past experience, it will have given you both technical breadth and depth. As a HPC Infrastructure Architect you will key in defining the future states of HPC for the Healthcare and Research Service for both on-premise and AWS. About the Tech Stack Our HPC clusters are built in our on-premises data centres and in AWS. We use IBM LSF for our workload management currently. Hardware wise we have a large footprint of FGPA Servers (DRAGEN) both on-premises and in AWS, as well as standard HPC Compute nodes both on-premises and in AWS (c7i). We also run a Nvidia DGX’s cluster on premise only. Key Responsibilities Work as an Infrastructure Architect alongside the HPC Team within Scalable Tech and externally with Healthcare and Research teams - consisting of Product Managers, Squad Engineers, Bioinformaticians, Data Scientists and other subject matter experts to continuously evolve a roadmap for change. Be the leader and subject matter expert with a complete view of HPC Architecture at Genomics England end-to-end from Configuration Management (both on Prem in and AWS) to HPC Queue Design, to the load balancing design of login nodes. Working in a Hybrid environment – the role is Hybrid covering both AWS and on-premises. The expectation is that you share your time on equally (although this may change based on work quarter to quarter) Primary communicator and go-to person for HPC Architecture – you will be the primary resource for discussion and presentation when it comes to changes to HPC Architecture. This is important to maintain an end-to-end view of the estate in a cross-service environment. Qualifications While we recognise the value of relevant qualifications or certifications, we are primarily interested in your real-world experience. Essential Skills and Experience: Extensive knowledge and understanding of HPC Technologies – Including but not limited to IBM LSF, NextFlow, Slurm, AWS Batch. Experience working within an On-Premises estate and working to build/design platform on premise considering physical networking, Bare Metal Servers, and Hardware Lifecycles. Strong Experience and Knowledge of AWS DevOps Experience - CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, operational monitoring and alerting – we want someone that will be able to architect understanding what good looks like on the DevOps side. Detail orientated with strong technical documentation skills Strong interpersonal skills with a temperament that builds trust and connection within and across squads through open, honest communication Comfortable engaging responsively with teams both remotely and in person when required Ability to navigate rapidly to effective solutions through engaged and inclusive listening, clarity of thought, clear documentation, and succinct presentation Experience shaping and guiding architectural choices, both tactical as well as long-term architectural strategy and direction Experience working with GitLab Pipelines and GitLab CI/CD is a must have