Research Computing System Administrator

You will be part of an enthusiastic IT team which has embraced the “infrastructure as code” approach to systems automation. You’ll be working across a range of predominately Linux based systems, including HPC and GPU accelerated compute, large-scale and high-performance storage, and research IT infrastructure. You will contribute to managing CoSTAR AI compute facilities, led by IT Services as part of the UKRI-AHRC CoSTAR National Lab and other "Surrey Institute for People-Centered AI" programmes as required.

You will play an important role in the provisioning, configuration, security, on-going operation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of research critical across on-premises hardware, Cloud and Virtual platforms.

About you

The ideal candidate for this role is experienced working in a scientific computing environment, has an enthusiasm for solving problems, is always seeking to learn and improve things. We offer training, development and great opportunities for career progression.

Required skills and experience

• Full range of system administration skills including user management, building/deployment, installing scientific software packages, performance benchmarking, resource utilisation/performance and availability monitoring and incident response.
• Automation of repetitive tasks in the form of developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles
• using git for version control, change management and collaboration.
• Pro-actively and reactively identify, diagnose, and resolve faults and areas of suboptimal performance across research platforms.
• Communicate directly with customers providing specialist guidance and support.
• Practical working knowledge of Linux Systems & High-Performance Computing (HPC).