Senior AI Systems Administrator (Contract) | Cambridge | £500 to £600 per day | Outside IR35
A not-for-profit AI organisation in central Cambridge needs an experienced contractor to build and run its GPU infrastructure. You’ll provision and look after multi-rack GPU clusters used for training and inference, from the hardware and fabric up to orchestration. Researchers and engineers rely on this platform every day.
What you’ll deliver
- Multi-rack GPU servers deployed, tuned and stable under training and inference workloads
- High-performance networking built and maintained (InfiniBand, RDMA, RoCE), plus the switches, routers and firewalls around it
- The estate managed as code with Git and Terraform/OpenTofu, so it’s repeatable and handed over cleanly
- Linux hosts, hypervisors and VMs administered across Ubuntu and RHEL
- Ongoing tuning with the people who use the systems, based on how they actually run them
You’ll need
- A strong track record as a Systems Administrator, HPC Engineer or MLOps Engineer, ideally on contract
- Hands-on GPU server deployment and tuning at multi-rack scale
- Strong InfiniBand/RDMA/RoCE skills and solid network design
- Advanced Linux, virtualisation and infrastructure-as-code skills
- The ability to get productive quickly in a small, collaborative team
Useful extras: Lustre, Ceph, Weka or PEAK:AIO storage; Slurm or LSF; Python scripting.
The details
- Rate: £500 to £600 per day, Outside IR35
- Duration: 3 months, with scope to extend
- Start: ASAP
- Location: 3 days a week on site, in an office a few minutes’ walk from Cambridge station
- Hours: UK business hours only, with no on-call rota. Major maintenance is occasionally scheduled for a weekend, agreed in advance.
Senior AI Systems Administrator in Cambridge employer: Pure Resourcing Solutions Careers
Join a prestigious organisation in Cambridge that is committed to fostering a dynamic work culture and supporting employee growth through a significant transformation programme. As the Head of EPM FCCS and Financial Data Structure, you will benefit from a collaborative environment that values innovation and offers opportunities for professional development, all while enjoying the vibrant academic and cultural atmosphere of Cambridge. With a focus on meaningful contributions to financial reporting and planning, this role provides a unique chance to make a lasting impact within a large, complex organisation.
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