Senior HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London 

Short summary

The Sr HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer position is a role created to contribute directly to the design, implementation, development and service delivery of the institute’s HPC, Cloud and Research Data Storage hardware and software through a mix of on-premise and cloud systems, ensuring that the Crick provides state-of-the-art and innovative Scientific Computing capability to its researchers, collaborators and partners, including commercial relationships.

Key Responsibilities

These include but are not limited to:

Technical leadership and management:

• Lead the design and delivery of research data platforms installed on-site and hosted in public/private clouds.
• The role will coach/mentor more junior members of the team and on occasions members of other teams and, under the direction of the Team Lead, may be responsible for direct line management.

Systems Administration:

• Manage storage systems on-site and in the cloud, including quotas, directory structures, and distribution of data across storage systems and tiers. (Accessed from Windows, Mac and Linux clients).
• 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.

Systems Engineering:

• Working with junior colleagues, put in place proof-of-concept systems and services to meet evolving scientific requirements and provide innovative solutions to move ambitious scientific projects forward.
• Work with scientific teams to integrate scientific instruments and laboratory information management systems with research data analysis and management platforms.

User Support:

• Develop documentation and provide training and advice to research teams regarding best practice in research data management using research computing platforms managed by the Crick.
• Deploy scientific applications on Cloud and HPC platforms on Linux, Windows and containers 

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. 

• If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
• The closing date for applications is 08/12/2024
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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