Senior Research Computing Systems Engineer

This is an exceptional time to be joining the University of Southampton and its High Performance Computation (HPC) team within the Universities IT department, iSolutions. The HPC team is uniquely placed to support world class research using one of the largest computational facilities in the UK.

About the Role

This is a key role in support of the research being carried out using the University of Southampton's High Performance and Data Intensive Computing (HPDIC) facilities. Following a recent restructure you will be joining a team of dedicated research computing engineers who are supporting the current systems and their use in a diverse range of research topics from Quantum Chemistry simulations and AI modeling to Climate modelling, medical imaging and COVID-19 research. We are currently planning for a refresh of the facilities and this role will play a key role in supporting the planned and commissioning process.

What you'll do

• Take a leading role in delivering and maintaining the University's High Performance and Data Intensive Computing facilities.
• Proactively, work with a wide range of the University's research community to exploit the full potential of HPDIC.
• Take a leading role in the planning of major systems installations and upgrades.
• Deliver training programmes to research students and mentor colleagues.

What you'll bring

• Experience of the use of high performance and data intensive computing in a significant research area.
• Knowledge of high performance and data intensive computing issues and opportunities with the drive to keep that knowledge up to date.
• Experience of working within a large-scale Linux server environment.
• The ability to present your ideas and your specialist area, to a wide and potentially non-technical audience.
• The integrity required to work with both commercially sensitive and personally identifiable information.

Interviews will be held on the 25th and 26th November.

The University of Southampton is a research driven institution with some of the world's leading minds expanding our knowledge and passing it on to future generations. iSolutions is the Universities IT support service who's 230+ staff support the delivery of the Universities research and education activities as well as the usual business operations. We would love you to join us and help change the world for the better.

The University of Southampton promotes a healthy work life balance with generous holiday allowance (30+ days), defined benefit pension, flexi-time and flexible working, generous parental leave and child care provision. For more information on our benefits, please visit our human resources pages.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.