HPC Engineer
Data Science and Data Management Team – Ross Gray
Salary: £48,123 to £58,607 subject to experience, plus relocation allowance and visa costs if required.
Contract: Permanent
About us
An HPC Engineer position is available within the Data Science and Data Management Team at the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute. The Institute is a world-leading cancer research institute situated in the vibrant city of Glasgow. It provides a dynamic, supportive and well-resourced environment for basic and translational scientists, with a mission to understand the mechanisms that regulate cancer cell proliferation, survival and dissemination, identify critical components of these pathways as targets for novel cancer therapies, and help translate this knowledge to patient benefit.
The Institute has an excellent reputation for fundamental cancer research, including world-class metabolism studies and renowned in vivo modelling of tumour growth and metastasis. The successful applicant will play a key role in supporting the computational infrastructure that enables this research.
About the role
Modern cancer research increasingly depends on robust, scalable and well-managed computational infrastructure. The Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute is expanding its data science, data management and high-performance computing capabilities to support a broad portfolio of research across the Institute.
This HPC Engineer role will help ensure that the Institute’s computing environment is reliable, secure and able to support the rapidly growing volume and complexity of research data generated across laboratories.
The post holder will support the operation and development of the Institute’s Linux-based compute infrastructure, including CPU and GPU clusters, storage systems, data centre hardware, networking interfaces, software environments and research data workflows. A key part of the role will be to work closely with researchers, software engineers, data scientists, bioinformaticians and laboratory staff to ensure that computational systems meet the practical needs of experimental cancer research.
The role will also support the development of data streaming, preprocessing and automated data movement from laboratory instruments and research platforms into managed storage, analysis pipelines and downstream data platforms. This will include helping to design robust workflows for high-throughput data, imaging, sequencing, omics, preclinical modelling and other experimental outputs.
Successful applicant will join an established, highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team of software engineers, data scientists, biologists, mathematicians and research technology specialists. They will relish applying strong technical skills to real-world research problems in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
This role is not focused on a single research project. Instead, it will support the broader programme of research taking place across the Institute, helping ensure that researchers have access to reliable, scalable and well-supported computational infrastructure.
About the team
The team works across research groups and technology platforms to make data integration, collaboration, analysis and sharing simpler, more robust and more widely accessible. Current work includes a CRUK data platform, automated workflows, high-performance computing and support for major cancer research programmes.
For informal enquiries, please email job title and email: r.gray@crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Our vision is to build and maintain a diverse and inclusive research culture based on our shared values of Innovate, Respect, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence. These values, which underpin our behaviours and everything we do, allow all our people to realise their full potential. The diversity of our staff and students is also what makes the Institute such a vibrant place to work and advance discoveries in cancer research. Family friendly policies, our collaborative ethos, a focus on good mental health and well-being and opportunities for all help to create an enjoyable and inclusive workplace where your voice matters.
Employee Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 40.5 days annual leave including bank holidays (FTE)
- Defined contribution pension scheme
- Free life assurance scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Additional maternity pay for 6 months at full salary
- Shared parental leave including up to 6 weeks paid at full salary
- Cycle to work scheme saving tax and NI on cycle purchase and spreading repayments over up to 12 months
- Access to employee benefit schemes with discounts on supermarkets, cinema, travel and much more.
- On-site secure parking
Closing Date: 24th July
