Type Full Time
Arrangement Hybrid
Salary £48,822 to £58,225 per year
Seniority Lead / Head
Sector Higher education
Technical Engineering
Posted 7 Apr 2026
Deadline 21 Apr 2026
Architecture and Infrastructure Leadership and Strategy Platform and Products

Lead the Research Platforms Engineering team delivering HPC and cloud computing platforms that support computational research at the University of Sheffield.

Role Overview

The Research Platforms Engineering Lead will lead a small engineering team supporting computational research across the University of Sheffield. The role ensures reliable, secure and future-ready research computing platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and support the Research Platforms Engineering team.
  • Maintain and develop on-premise HPC and cloud-based research platforms.
  • Collaborate with IT infrastructure teams across the University.
  • Identify future research computing needs and align technologies.

Technical Environment

  • High Performance Computing (CPU/GPU clusters, storage, networking).
  • AWS-based Data Safe Haven for sensitive research data.
  • Cluster management using infrastructure-as-code.
  • Lustre file systems, Slurm schedulers, monitoring, security, containerisation.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in research computing technologies.
  • Expertise in HPC and cloud platforms.
  • Experience leading technical staff and workloads.