Linux Systems Engineer

Salary: £103,950 - 103,950 per year

Requirements

• Strong Linux administration in HPC or large-scale environments
• Experience with automation and cluster provisioning
• Knowledge of Slurm, MPI, and parallel computing
• Experience with GPU/CUDA environments
• Understanding of system performance tuning
• Familiarity with identity management and security best practices
• Previous experience operating as an HPC Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, optimise and support enterprise Linux across HPC clusters
• Automate provisioning and manage configuration at scale (PXE, Kickstart, Ansible/Puppet)
• Install, configure, and optimise HPC schedulers (e.g. Slurm) and MPI environments
• Deploy and manage GPU (NVIDIA/CUDA) and high-performance storage solutions
• Monitor, benchmark, and tune system performance across compute, network, and storage
• Implement authentication, security controls, and system hardening for multi-user environments
• Support HPC software stacks, toolchains, and container runtimes (Spack, EasyBuild, Apptainer)
• Maintain documentation and support user access/workflows

Technologies

• Ansible
• CUDA
• Support
• Linux
• Network
• Puppet
• Security

More

We are seeking an experienced HPC Linux Systems Engineer to deploy, configure, optimise, and support high-performance computing (HPC) environments, including large-scale Linux clusters, GPU-accelerated systems, and associated storage, networking, and authentication infrastructure. This hybrid role is expected to be largely remote, with all expenses covered for site travel. The initial contract duration is 4 months at a day rate of £465, payable to a Limited Company and classified as Outside IR35. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

last updated 16 week of 2026