Linux Engineer HPC

Senior Linux HPC Engineer You will support and maintain enterprise-scale Linux and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, working with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Slurm and GPU computing technologies. Contract: 12 months Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK Working pattern: Hybrid, 3 days onsite per week The Project You will manage and secure a scientific computing environment supporting research applications and computational workloads. Working alongside research scientists and technical teams, you will help deliver reliable, secure and high-performing HPC services. Key Responsibilities - Administer, patch and secure RHEL 7, 8 and 9 environments. - Deploy, configure and manage Slurm workload scheduling. - Monitor and optimise HPC cluster performance and resource utilisation. - Support scientific software, compilers, libraries and MPI environments. - Troubleshoot hardware, operating system, scheduler and application issues. - Work with scientists to optimise computational workloads. - Manage incidents and service requests through ServiceNow. - Collaborate with networking, storage, security and DevOps teams. Technical Skills Essential: - 10 years enterprise IT experience. - 3-5 years HPC or research computing experience. - Strong RHEL 7, 8 and 9 administration. - HPC cluster management and Slurm. - Linux-based scientific application support. - ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM platform. Desirable: - Docker and container technologies. - Ansible and configuration management. - GPU computing and CUDA. - OpenMPI, MPICH and InfiniBand. - High-speed Ethernet and HPC networking. - Web server configuration and SSL certificates. - RHCSA or RHCE certifications. Eligibility and Contact UK right-to-work candidates only, including eligible dependant visa holders and those with ILR. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship or Skilled Worker visa support is not available. To apply or find out more, contact