Senior HPC Research Computing Specialist

• Full-time continuing opportunity
• Join the Sydney Informatics Hub (SIH) and help enable world-class research computing capability across the University
• Base Salary $152,045 - $160,430 + 17% superannuation

As the Senior HPC Research Computing Specialist, you will be at the forefront of enabling world-class research at the University of Sydney. Working within the Sydney Informatics Hub (SIH) Platforms team, you will provide specialist expertise across high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud environments, helping researchers translate complex research challenges into scalable, efficient and reproducible computational solutions.

As part of the Sydney Research Cloud ecosystem, you will collaborate with researchers, technical specialists, ICT teams, national research computing facilities and industry partners to deliver impactful research computing services and solutions. Through the development of shared tools and services and community engagement, you will help shape the future of the Sydney Research Cloud ecosystem while building computational capability across the University's research community

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• provide expert advice on HPC, cloud computing, workload optimisation and reproducible research workflows
• support researchers to identify appropriate computational platforms and resolve complex technical issues across HPC and cloud environments
• coordinate researcher access to institutional and national research computing facilities, including allocation and usage processes
• develop, maintain and support scientific software environments, containers, workflows and data management solutions
• act as a key liaison between researchers, ICT, national computing facilities and technology vendors
• design and deliver training, workshops, documentation and user resources that build researcher capability and independence
• analyse platform performance, usage trends and service demand to support continuous improvement and capacity planning
• contribute to the promotion and adoption of research computing services across the University research community

• tertiary qualifications in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• substantial experience supporting research computing environments and high-performance computing platforms
• strong technical expertise in Linux-based HPC environments, storage systems and cloud computing platforms such as AWS and Azure
• demonstrated experience with scripting and automation using Python and shell scripting
• experience developing and deploying software containers, workflow languages and scientific computing pipelines
• experience working with HPC schedulers such as PBS and SLURM and national research computing facilities including NCI and Pawsey
• demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with researchers, technical specialists and senior stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes
• strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience delivering researcher training, documentation and technical guidance

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

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For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Kale Claffey Recruitment Operations by email to kale.claffey@sydney.edu.au