Senior HPC Systems Administrator
University of Oxford
Overview
As Senior HPC Systems Administrator you will lead the design, deployment, and evolution of the department's HPC ecosystem to support cutting-edge AI, computer vision, and multimodal learning research. You will work closely with researchers and IT teams to deliver scalable, secure compute and storage, leveraging GPU clusters and advanced networking. Your role combines hands-on administration with strategic planning and mentorship, shaping the research infrastructure used by world-leading scientists. This is a chance to drive impactful, enterprise-scale research computing in a collaborative academic environment.
Responsibilities- Design, build, and maintain HPC clusters and related infrastructure
- Manage Linux compute and storage environments
- Support GPU-enabled research computing systems
- Maintain high-performance storage and backup solutions
- Monitor system performance, security, and availability
- Mentor researchers, software engineers, and postgraduate students
- Develop documentation, training materials, and best practices
- Collaborate with departmental and university-wide IT teams
- Evaluate and deploy new technologies to meet evolving research needs
- Extensive experience managing HPC infrastructure in research or technical environments
- Strong Linux systems administration expertise
- Experience with GPU servers and high-performance networking technologies
- Experience with scripting and automation (e.g. Bash, Python)
- Knowledge of storage systems and backup/archive procedures
- Strong troubleshooting and systems integration skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a research environment
- Excellent communication
- Collaboration
- Mentorship
- GPU computing environments
- Linux systems administration
- cluster management
Reference: WJ-747_30179114