HPC Engineer

Salary: £117,000 - 117,000 per year

Requirements

• Experience: 4-8 years
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Strong Red Hat skills, preferably RH certification
• Understanding of operations in public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile, Automation, Jira, and Confluence
• Solid grasp of Linux OS fundamentals, including problem-solving and performance tuning
• Good understanding of HPC infrastructure and applications
• Exposure to HPC workload management tools such as IBM Spectrum LSF
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Shell, Python, Perl, or similar
• Experience with cloud technologies in AWS and/or Google Cloud
• Good understanding and experience with infrastructure and application monitoring and alerting tools
• Good understanding of remote display and interactive technologies such as ETX
• Solid skills in vulnerability management and security patching in a constantly evolving environment
• Ability to automate common repetitive tasks
• Relevant experience in a distributed team
• Experience working in a sophisticated, multi-geography, engineering services environment
• Experience providing technical support to an engineering user community
• Nice to have: experience with Terraform, Ansible, Artifactory, and/or continuous integration applications
• Nice to have: knowledge of HPC applications such as Flex-based licenses and EDA tools

Responsibilities

• Work closely with technical leads, technical managers, project managers, and engineering teams across Infrastructure and Engineering
• Provide automated project solutions
• Support daily ticket systems for common technical issues
• Act as a core resource for high-visibility projects
• Help make our services secure, resilient, and aligned with the newest technologies

Technologies

• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• Bash
• Cloud
• Confluence
• GCP
• IBM
• IBM Spectrum
• Support
• JIRA
• Linux
• Perl
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• DevOps

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We are seeking a SME-equivalent HPC engineer for a hybrid role based in Cambridge, with two days in the office. You will join our Infrastructure and Engineering teams and work across a sophisticated, multi-geography engineering services environment, supporting technical users and contributing to high-visibility projects that improve service security, resilience, and technology adoption.

last updated 36 week of 2026