Scalable Systems Lead

Techniche are currently supporting a Defence and Engineering industry leader supporting them with appointing an experienced Scalable Systems Team Lead for a Team Leader role. 

Location:     Gosport, Hampshire
Type:          permanent, hybrid role with weekly site presence expected 
Salary:        £65-75,000 plus benefits dependant on experience

Requirements: due to the nature of the project requirements, we are only able to consider UK Passport Holders.
  
Day-to-day, you’ll lead a team and be responsible for developing and growing their IT and HPC skills in line with the requirements of the business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Configuring and optimising Linux-based HPC environments for maximum performance, reliability and implementation of security best practices to safeguard both HPC systems and data
• Monitoring system performance and resource utilisation, proactively identifying and addressing any potential issues
• Working as an experienced IT Engineer improving business delivery and performing a variety of project, bid, investment tasks and lifecycle planning
• Deploying and maintaining high-performance computing capabilities to support engineering delivery and working in collaboration with software and IT teams to enhance computing capability
• Mentoring and upskilling junior team members providing redundancy in skills and career development

• Experienced working with virtual desktop environments, High-performance computing environments
• Strong understanding of Linux operating and administration systems
• Extensive experience with configuration and optimisation of queue systems assisting end users to develop suitable job scripts
• Proven experience with Low Latency or RDMA network technologies and Linux scripting languages in HPC environments
• The ability to be able to lead a team whilst implementing decisions and strategies conveying technical concepts to non-technical users
• A good understanding of common HPC programming languages to a level to assist in debugging code issues
• Familiarity with VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix or other virtualised desktop systems.

• A Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent field) or relevant technical experience