Chapman Tate Associates
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
HPC Systems Engineer - Home based with travel
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £45,000 per annum |
Overview
HPC, Higher Performance Computing, Linux, Field-based, Redhat, Automation, Cloud, Virtualisation, Puppet, Chef, Vagrant, VMware, IAAS, Cobbler, Client-facing HPC Systems Engineer - Home based with travel - Flexible Chapman Tate Associates seeks a HPC Systems Engineer to join a leading solutions provider of High Performance Compute Solutions around the storage hardware, networking and analytics ecosystem of technologies. They bring value to organisations to help them gain better intelligence around the Data they extract around HPC based systems. My client have a rich heritage in supporting a number of Research Councils, Universities, as well as other firms within automotive, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, aerospace, fintech and media based industries. My client is flexible on location but you MUST be prepared to travel to customer sites. It is important that you have a UK Driving License. You will work with customers remotely and on-site to support various areas around HPC related tasks and duties around Networking, Storage Arrays and Cloud based environments. The role will include the following areas (but nit limited to): To act as a high-level expert who can deal with escalated various HPC issues. Perform benchmarks (to select suitable vendors and products) Building and supporting Linux systems to support core infrastructure and a diverse user base Suggesting and providing IT solutions to business and management problems Perform benchmarks (to select suitable vendors and products). Promote a high-tech image for our client Collaborate with our compute and storage vendors Linux Systems Administration To act as a high-level expert who can deal with escalated various HPC issues Scripting and automation based tasks Technically for this role you will have experience around the following ·HPC compute and storage, in both hardware (CPUs, accelerators, interconnects, storage, etc.) and software (Linux components, HPC tools and parallel file systems). ·Linux O/S deployments via network protocols ·Linux networking skills ·Kernel patching experience ·Driver&Kernel compilation experience ·Ability to debug Linux logs and determine appropriate response to problems ·Linux scripting skills ·Various Linux file system experience The following experience would be desirable: ·Parallel Storage environments ·Puppet experience ·Cobbler experience ·Cluster deployment tools ·Linux Job scheduler experience ·Backup software experience ·RedHat Certified ·Linux Certified ·Virtualisation (VMware) experience ·InfiniBand networking experience This is an exciting opportunity where you will work with various customers on a weekly basis. My client will provide the successful candidate with appropriate training for the role. Excellent personal and career development prospects. Please apply online now for a quick turnaround. Areas considered: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield, Chester, Doncaster, London, Peterborough, Swindon, Oxford, Cambridge, Peterborough, Lincoln, York, Coventry, Worcester, Bristol, Bath, Reading, Liverpool, Derby, Leicester