The Role
As a Team Leader - Scalable Systems Administrator, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary providing leadership skills implementing, operating and maintain a cluster delivering IT services to a diverse user community within the business.
Day-to-day, you will:
1. Lead a team and be responsible for developing and growing there IT and HPC skills in line with the requirements of the business.
2. Configure and optimize Linux-based HPC environments for maximum performance and reliability and implement security best practices to safeguard both HPC systems and data.
3. Monitor system performance and resource utilisation proactively identifying and addressing any potential issues.
4. Work as an experienced IT Engineer improving business delivery performing a variety of project, bid, investment tasks and lifecycle planning.
5. Deploy and maintain high-performance computing capabilities to support engineering delivery whilst working in collaboration with software and IT teams within QinetiQ to enhance computing capability.
6. Mentor and upskill junior team members providing redundancy in skills and career development.
This role is a full-time position based at our Haslar site in Gosport and you will be on-site 3-5 days a week.
Essential experience of the Team Leader - Scalable Systems Administrator:
7. Experienced with Virtual desktop environments, High-performance computing environments with a strong understanding of Linux operating and administration systems.
8. Extensive experience with configuration and optimisation of queue systems and assisting end users to develop suitable job scripts.
9. Proven experience with Low Latency or RDMA network technologies and Linux scripting languages in HPC environments.
10. The ability to be able to lead a team whilst implement decisions and strategies conveying technical concepts to non-technical users.
11. A good understanding of common HPC programming languages to a level to suitably assist in debugging code issues.
12. Familiarity with VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix or other virtualised desktop systems.
Qualifications for the Team Leader - Scalable Systems Administrator:
A Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent field) or relevant technical experience
Our Benefits
13. Adaptive and flexible working
14. Generous holiday allowance
15. Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
16. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
17. Employee discount portal
18. Holiday Trading
19. Support for the Armed Forces community
20. Payroll Giving and Volunteering
Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.
Why Join QinetiQ?
As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.
You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.