Computational Scientist

Computational Scientist

Closing Date: 16th January 2025

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £38,000 - £65,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

Do you want to work with the UK's Supercomputers?

AWE currently has an exciting opportunity for a HPC Systems Administrator, to join our team here at AWE.

If you have experience working with high performance computers and want a role which supports, the computational services that play a vital role in AWE's scientific and engineering future capabilities, we want to hear from you!

Working as part of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) Group to provide system administration support for AWE's HPC supercomputers, you will be part of a team that is managing some of the most powerful supercomputers in the UK and supporting computational services that are essential to AWE's scientific and engineering programmes.

This role offers excellent opportunity for career advancement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the planning, installation, and commissioning of new HPC systems

• Provide day-to-day support of HPC systems

• Configuration management of HPC platform hardware and software

• Monitor the performance and the reliability of HPC systems

• Development of in-house tools to support HPC platform administration

• Overseas travel to attend conferences and collaborative meetings

Who are we looking for?

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Good experience of deploying and managing Linux-based systems

• Scripting skills (preferably Python and Bash)

• Awareness of computer security concepts

• Able to work independently and unsupervised, as well as part of a team

• Good problem-solving skills

• Good communication skills

• Ability to work fully on-site - due to the nature of what we do at AWE and the responsibilities of this role, the role cannot be carried out remotely

The following would be advantageous:

• Experience of HPC clustered computing

• Experience of parallel file systems

• Experience of first- and second-line user support

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.

• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).

• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.

• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.

• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.

• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).

• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

• Relocation assistance (terms & conditions apply)

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Next steps:

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.