Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID:SF17620
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to groundbreaking innovations, our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Scalable Systems Team Leader at our Haslar site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
The Role:
As a Scalable Systems Team Leader, you will provide your leadership skills implementing, operating, and maintaining a cluster delivering IT services to a diverse user community within the business.
Day-to-day, you’ll lead a team and be responsible for developing and growing their IT and HPC skills in line with the requirements of the business.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Configuring and optimising Linux-based HPC environments for maximum performance, reliability, and implementation of security best practices to safeguard both HPC systems and data.
* Monitoring system performance and resource utilisation, proactively identifying and addressing any potential issues.
* Working as an experienced IT Engineer improving business delivery and performing a variety of project, bid, investment tasks and lifecycle planning.
* Deploying and maintaining high-performance computing capabilities to support engineering delivery and working in collaboration with software and IT teams within QinetiQ to enhance computing capability.
* Mentoring and upskilling junior team members providing redundancy in skills and career development.
Essential experience of the Scalable Systems Team Leader:
* Experienced working with virtual desktop environments, high-performance computing environments, and having a strong understanding of Linux operating and administration systems.
* Extensive experience with configuration and optimisation of queue systems assisting end users to develop suitable job scripts.
* Proven experience with Low Latency or RDMA network technologies and Linux scripting languages in HPC environments.
* The ability to lead a team while implementing decisions and strategies, conveying technical concepts to non-technical users.
* A good understanding of common HPC programming languages to a level to assist in debugging code issues.
* Familiarity with VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix, or other virtualised desktop systems.
Essential qualifications for the Scalable Systems Team Leader:
* A Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent field) or relevant technical experience.
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education. Provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn, then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week based at our Haslar site. Hybrid working patterns are available.
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.
As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences 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.
Our Benefits
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
* Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days.
* Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance.
* Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets, and much more.
* We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
* Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community.
Our Recruitment Process:
We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard, and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
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