Senior Linux/HPC Project Engineer & Team Lead

Senior Linux Engineer / Team Lead
True High Performance Computing Systems
Hybrid Working with Offices near Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Package: Salary Circa £65k DOE + Benefits + Bonus

Join an international, next-generation HPC data centre organisation as a Senior HPC Engineer and Eastern Hemisphere Technical Project Team member. This is a varied, high-impact position with broad responsibility - blending Level 3 technical support, technical project delivery, leadership, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsbilities

Provide 3rd line ("last line") Linux support.
Work extensively on technical projects and proof of concepts, with a focus on next-generation data centre technologies (e.g. oil immersion cooling).
Integrate new tools and technologies into business functions and continuously look to improve how existing systems operate.
Act as a senior technical engineer/architect within an HPC and next-gen data centre environment.
Serve as a strong deputy to senior leadership, stepping up to run meetings, gather updates, and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders when required.
Present confidently to various audiences, propose new technologies, and ensure communication is clear and professional at all times.
Potential travel to support wider regional projects, including new data centre builds (especially within Asia-Pacific), as required.
As/when available, join a 24/7 on-call rota (approximately 10% on-call allowance), once settled into the role and as dictated by team needs.Requirements

Strong technical background with advanced Linux administration experience; direct HPC background is highly desirable but not mandatory if you have high-level Linux and architectural skills and learn quickly.
Proven ability to run technical projects end-to-end: from discovery through evaluation, proof of concept, implementation, documentation, and presentation.
Experience integrating new technologies into business environments and improving existing systems.
Ability to act as a hands-on senior technical engineer while also stepping up as deputy when needed.
Comfortable running meetings, gathering updates, and communicating clearly and confidently with both technical colleagues and senior business stakeholders.
Strong presentation skills; capable of proposing and explaining new technologies to different audiences.
Team-oriented mindset-able to mentor, encourage collaboration, and help pull together a group of technically excellent but introverted engineers.This role would suit an individual who may have held the following roles: Linux Administrator, Linux Systems Administrator, Linux Platform Engineer, Linux Systems Engineer, HPC Systems Engineer

Technical Stack/Skills: Linux Administration, HPC Environments / Clustering, Ansible, Puppet, GitLab, Terraform, Containerisation, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenStack, CI/CD, Scripting in Bash / Python / Perl, ITSM tools, Jira, Cloud Administration, Virtualisation, GPU Technologies, RAID Technologies, Oil Immersion Cooling, CCRBs. Relevant certifications: LPIC-2/3, CompTIA Linux+, ITIL Foundation.

What Makes This Unique

Wide remit: combine projects, leadership, and L3 troubleshooting
Discovery and adoption of emerging tech (e.g., immersion cooling)
Regional influence, with possible future travel across Asia-Pacific.
Fast-growing, collaborative, close-knit team (4-5 core members).
Hands-on role with lasting impact on team, tech vision, and operations.Location: The office is near Haywards Heath / Burgess Hill and is easily commutable (15-35 minutes) from Crawley, Horsham, Worthing and Uckfield. Within an hour of Guildford, Woking, Royal Tunbridge Wells, South London, Maidstone and Eastbourne. Hybrid working is available, but candidates should ideally be within an hour of the office.

Visa Sponsorship: Visa sponsorship is available; however, prior UK-based experience is required. You must already reside and be settled in the UK with UK employer experience.

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