Senior HPC & Research Data Systems Engineer
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: o Lead the design and delivery of research data platforms installed on-site and hosted in public/private clouds.
o 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:o 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).
o 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:o 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.
o Work with scientific teams to integrate scientific instruments and laboratory information management systems with research data analysis and management platforms.
User Support:o 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.
o Deploy scientific applications on Cloud and HPC platforms on Linux, Windows and containers
Find out what benefits the Crick has to offer:
For more information on our great pay and benefits package please click here: https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/life-at-the-crick/pay-and-benefits
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, or civil partnership, marital or family status.We particularly welcome applications from people who are Minority Ethnic as they are currently underrepresented in the Crick at this level.
Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. It increases breadth and perspective, leading to more innovation and creativity. We want the Crick to be a place where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated and seen as part of the foundation for our Institute’s success.
The Crick is committed to creating equality of opportunity and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We all share in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect, inclusivity and equal treatment and it is our aim to ensure that these principles are reflected and implemented in all strategies, policies and practices.
Read more on our website: https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/life-at-the-crick/equality-diversity-and-inclusion