High Performance Computing Architect (Linux)

Salary: £36,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong background in high-performance computing environments and infrastructure design
• Experience working with open-source technologies and software-defined data centres
• Knowledge of HPC software stacks including MPI, CUDA, compilers, and scientific libraries
• Familiarity with containerisation and reproducible workload environments
• Experience working within large, complex, or multi-national organisations
• Ability to influence technical direction and engage with cross-functional stakeholders
• Proven experience designing and architecting large-scale HPC systems
• Strong expertise across compute, storage, and high-performance networking
• Hands-on experience with HPC cluster environments and infrastructure components
• Experience with performance optimisation, benchmarking, and capacity planning
• Ability to provide technical leadership and define architectural standards
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain high-level security clearance
• Current full British Citizenship (without limitations) or Dual Nationality inclusive of British Citizenship

Responsibilities:

• Define and deliver the long-term HPC architecture roadmap aligned with organisational objectives
• Architect large-scale HPC environments including CPU, GPU, and accelerator-based systems
• Design and optimise high-performance networking solutions including InfiniBand, RDMA, and high-speed Ethernet
• Develop scalable storage architectures including parallel file systems, object storage, and tiered storage
• Provide technical leadership and oversight to engineering and operations teams
• Lead performance benchmarking, capacity planning, and workload modelling activities
• Identify and resolve system bottlenecks to ensure optimal throughput and scalability
• Establish standards, reference architectures, and best practices across HPC environments
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to align infrastructure with evolving business needs
• Support the development of workload orchestration strategies using tools such as SLURM and Kubernetes

Technologies:

• Architect
• CUDA
• Ethernet
• InfiniBand
• Support
• RDMA
• Security
• Kubernetes

More:

We are offering an opportunity for an HPC Architect to join our department and help design, develop, and evolve high-performance computing infrastructure within a complex engineering environment. The role sits within our Information Management function and reports to our senior leadership team. We offer a lucrative benefits package including generous annual leave plus public holidays, a Local Government Pension Scheme with strong employer contributions, flexible working arrangements, health and wellbeing support programmes, an employee assistance programme, continuous professional development and training, and access to a discounts and benefits platform for retail, travel, and lifestyle.

last updated 38 week of 2026