[Hiring] HPC Platform Engineer @Numerical Algorithms Group

Role Description

If you're an experienced Platform Engineer with a strong Linux and High Performance Computing background looking for your next technical challenge, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.

At X-ISS, part of n² Group, we deliver managed services and project expertise for customers running complex, large-scale High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments across scientific research, artificial intelligence and enterprise workloads.

You'll join a highly skilled, collaborative team where knowledge is shared, ideas are welcomed and everyone is encouraged to keep developing their expertise. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, solve challenging technical problems and deepen your HPC specialism day-to-day.

This is a hands-on engineering role where no two days are quite the same. You'll work directly with customers, helping them maintain and improve business-critical HPC platforms while developing specialist skills in a highly specialized area of infrastructure.

If you're passionate about Linux, enjoy solving complex technical challenges and are excited by the opportunity to build specialist HPC expertise, we'd love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree, or equivalent qualification, in computer science.
• A minimum of six years' professional experience implementing and supporting Linux server solutions.
• Experience using service desk or ticketing systems to a high standard.
• Exceptional troubleshooting skills across Linux servers and networking within large-scale environments.
• Expertise in HPC platform engineering, with practical experience deploying, automating, and maintaining compute infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with HPC job scheduling and workload management.
• Experience supporting and utilizing continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Proficient programming skills in scripting and automation languages.
• Familiarity with core HPC infrastructure components.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Requirements

• Familiarity with databases, including deployment, optimization, and automation. MySQL experience preferred.
• Linux and/or networking certifications.
• Hands-on experience with cloud and on-premise infrastructure monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience with GPU-accelerated computing environments is a plus.

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