Hpc Systems Specialist - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Grade UE04:
£24,533 - £27,181 per annum

College of Science & Engineering / Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (
EPCC)

Contract type:
Full time (35 hours per week)

Fixed term, 12 months
**Number of positions: 2

The Opportunity:

EPCC is offering the opportunity to join our team for a one-year System Administration internship.

EPCC is the UK's leading centre for Supercomputing and Data Science service provision.

We host and manage a unique collection of leading-edge systems such as the UK's national supercomputing service (ARCHER2) and the Edinburgh International Data Facility (EIDF) and have been selected to host the UK's first Exascale computer.

We provide researchers and industry with a range of services including high performance computing, AI-capable GPU and Cerebras wafer-scale clusters and highly secure data storage and analysis capability for trusted research environments.

Our interns join the small and friendly Systems team within EPCC that provides infrastructure deployment and support, system administration, cybersecurity and operations functions for the systems hosted at the University of Edinburgh's Advanced Computing Facility (ACF), a secure state-of-the-art facility located at the Bush Estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

EPCC has a long and successful history of providing internships and is committed to providing training, development and coaching to enable interns to succeed in their studies and early careers.

The internships are full time (35 hours per week) for 12 months and are open to undergraduate students in the fields of Computing and IT who are not currently in their final year of study.

They are based at the ACF and the Bayes Centre in the University of Edinburgh's central campus.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 2/3, ONC or equivalent) or undertaking a relevant degree.
A good, demonstrable working knowledge of managing different operating systems and support in a networked environment, and enthusiasm for developing skills in, e.g., Linux server administration, shell scripting, slurm, Ansible, Kubernetes, Wazuh.
Drive to independently follow tasks through to successful completion, while responding positively to changes in priorities.
Excellent communication, collaborative and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with crossfunctional teams, including technical, academic and research colleagues.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

A competitive salary.
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, familyfriendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our
staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Further information is available on our
right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

Key dates to note
Interviews will be held in May/June.