At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and operation of cutting-edge research computing platforms.
- Company: Join a leading research-intensive organisation at the forefront of technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor a team and engage with national and international research communities.
- Why this job: Shape the future of large-scale research infrastructure and drive innovation.
- Qualifications: Degree-qualified with experience in infrastructure engineering and research computing.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Network IT are working with a leading research-intensive organisation to recruit a HPC Infrastructure Lead. This is a rare opportunity to take on a senior technical leadership role within a world-class Research Computing environment, supporting cutting-edge research across multiple disciplines.
You will play a key role in shaping the future of large-scale research infrastructure, supporting High Performance Computing (HPC), High Throughput Computing (HTC), cloud platforms, research storage, and next-generation networking technologies that underpin nationally significant research programmes.
As a HPC Infrastructure Lead, you will act as one of the organisation's senior technical authorities for research infrastructure, combining strategic leadership, technical expertise, and team management responsibilities. You will lead the design, evolution, and operation of critical research computing platforms, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable, secure, and capable of meeting future research demands.
Alongside your technical leadership responsibilities, you will manage and develop a team of Infrastructure Engineers, driving innovation, technical excellence, and the successful delivery of complex infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic development, enhancement, and lifecycle management of large-scale research infrastructure platforms.
- Oversee the operation and reliability of High Performance Computing (HPC), High Throughput Computing (HTC), cloud, storage, and networking services.
- Provide technical leadership for infrastructure architecture, integration, and service design.
- Line manage and develop a team of Infrastructure Engineers, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.
- Lead complex infrastructure and research technology projects from design through to implementation and operational support.
- Develop technical roadmaps and support long-term investment planning across research computing technologies.
- Act as a senior escalation point for infrastructure issues, technical challenges, and major incidents.
- Build strong relationships with researchers, academic stakeholders, suppliers, and external partners.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and drive innovation across research computing services.
- Develop technical specifications, risk assessments, and implementation strategies for major infrastructure initiatives.
- Represent the organisation within national and international research and technology communities.
Qualifications
- Degree-qualified or equivalent, with substantial experience in infrastructure engineering or research computing environments.
- Significant experience designing, implementing, and supporting large-scale research or enterprise infrastructure.
- Strong expertise in one or more of: High Performance Computing (HPC), High Throughput Computing (HTC), high-performance networking, private cloud infrastructure (e.g. OpenStack).
- Strong understanding of compute, storage, networking, security, identity management, and research technology ecosystems.
- Experience with automation, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and configuration management tools.
- Proven experience leading complex technical projects and delivering large-scale infrastructure initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, and leading technical teams.
- Experience with public cloud platforms supporting research workloads.
- Experience supporting national research infrastructure or external research communities.
- Familiarity with Agile, ITIL, and structured service management practices.
- Experience contributing to funding bids, research programmes, or technical strategy development.
- Experience working with GPU-accelerated computing environments.
HPC Infrastructure Lead in Birmingham employer: Network IT Recruitment Limited
As a leading research-intensive organisation based in Birmingham, we pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture that empowers our employees to excel. With a strong focus on professional development, we offer numerous growth opportunities and the chance to work on cutting-edge technology in high-performance computing and cloud infrastructure. Join us to be part of a dynamic team that values your contributions and is dedicated to advancing research through state-of-the-art solutions.
Contact Details:
Network IT Recruitment Limited Recruitment Team
