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HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer

The Francis Crick Institute

Location: London
Salary: From £47,000 with benefits, subject to skills and experience
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 5th November 2024
Closes: 3rd December 2024
Job Ref: R1905
 

Short summary

As an HPC Systems Engineer you will provide user support and assist in the design, implementation, development, and service delivery of the institute’s HPC, Cloud, and Research Data Storage and Management hardware and software through a mix of on-premises systems and cloud services.

This role is part of the HPC team within ITO infrastructure and cloud platform, which supports the Crick’s research community and works closely with Research Labs, other STPs.

The Crick has powerful CPU and GPU HPC clusters and a 16 Petabyte Spectrum Scale high performance storage system. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your skills and experience in a stimulating environment to make a real difference!

Much of our research at The Crick is both data- and compute-intensive and relies on advanced Scientific Computing systems, services, and skills.

Key Responsibilities

These include but are not limited to:

User Support and Training:

  • Help researchers make effective use of HPC and data storage systems by responding to support queries, providing advice, training and documentation.
  • Deploy Linux and Windows scientific applications on HPC platforms.

Systems Administration:

  • Monitor health, security and performance of systems software/hardware and scientific applications, working actively with vendors and members of the enterprise IT team to troubleshoot and quickly restore services when required.
  • Assist in the management of scheduler policies, access permissions, quotas, directory structures, and distribution of data across storage systems and tiers. (Accessed from Windows, Mac and Linux clients)
  • Automate operational tasks and perform changes to systems software/hardware required to improve management and service delivery.

Systems Engineering:

  • Assist in the deployment of proof-of-concept systems and services to meet evolving scientific requirements.
  • Assist in the specification, selection and implementation of new research storage and HPC systems.

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

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  • All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.
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