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Research Platforms Engineer

Sheffield, Hybrid💼 Full-time💰 $38,784–$38,784🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Maintaining and improving high-performance computing (HPC) clusters and cloud-based secure data platforms to enable advanced research in AI, fluid dynamics, health data analysis, and molecular modelling.

Role type

Infrastructure Engineer (HPC & Cloud)

Builds

Reliable, high-performance research computing infrastructure (HPC clusters, AWS cloud, storage, networking)

Domain

Academic Research Computing / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Linux operating systems, GPU management (NVidia), storage systems (Lustre), networking (Infiniband), containerization (Docker), orchestration (K8s, Slurm), Infrastructure-as-Code (Puppet, CloudFormation), systems administration, troubleshooting

Preferred skills

Homelab experience, cloud platform familiarity, automation scripting

Technologies

AWS, Lustre, Infiniband, NVidia H100, Linux, Slurm, Docker, K8s, Puppet, CloudFormation

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve HPC and cloud platforms, investigate and resolve system errors, apply security patches and updates, automate routine tasks using Infrastructure-as-Code tools

Seniority

Entry level, hands-on IC

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