Salary: £18,000 - 21,000 per year Requirements: Active SC Clearance Must meet programme nationality/eligibility requirements (sole nationality required; no dual nationality; no OCI) Hands-on experience operating in Beowulf-style cluster environments Excellent practical knowledge of Slurm and job execution patterns Strong understanding of best practices for MPI-optimised container images (build, run, troubleshoot, performance) Responsibilities: Rapid review of current HPC estate, workflows, and priority use cases (workshops technical deep dives) Conduct containerisation capability sessions focused on real HPC and HPC/ML workloads Provide guidance on MPI-ready container images, build tooling, and repeatable operational patterns Align scheduler/runtime and deploy approach (batch, interactive, data science workflows) Deliver clear recommendations and next steps; produce a short written report when required Technologies: Support AI Docker Jupyter Kubernetes Podman More: We are a globally recognised UK manufacturer operating across aerospace, defence, and mission-critical power systems. We are seeking a high-profile HPC specialist to support our engineering programme by modernising how HPC and HPC/ML workloads are built, packaged, and run. This contract offers a competitive daily rate, hybrid working options, and an initial duration of 3 months with potential for lengthy extensions. last updated 5 week of 2026