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Senior Linux Administrator

Riverlane

Skills

Required

  • Linux
  • troubleshooting
  • tooling
  • Slurm
  • Ansible
  • Python
  • Bash
  • infrastructure-as-code
  • EDA
  • Synopsys
  • tuning
  • distributed compute environments
  • container environments

Preferred

  • HPC tooling
  • queue structures
  • job scheduling policies
  • Automate routine tasks
  • scripting
  • HPC infrastructure

Join Riverlane, a leading quantum computing company, as a Senior Linux Administrator. In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of our High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment, as well as long-term planning, automation, and improvement of our infrastructure. You will work closely with IT management and the wider Infrastructure Team to ensure system reliability and build a more resilient, scalable environment for the future.

Administer and maintain the High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, including compute nodes, storage systems, and networking.

Women and other underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for a role unless they meet all or nearly all of the requirements. If this applies to you, we still encourage you to apply - you may be a great fit, even if you don’t meet every single qualification. We’d love to hear from you

Responsibilities

  • Lead the deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting of HPC tooling, particularly Slurm, including queue structures and job scheduling policies.
  • Automate routine tasks using scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools (Bash, Python, Ansible) and collaborate with the Infrastructure Team to plan and implement improvements to HPC infrastructure.

Requirements

  • Experience managing licensed EDA or similar specialist software tooling (e.g. Synopsys) is a strong plus
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to support both technical and non-technical users and translate complex issues into clear guidance
  • Hands-on experience configuring, scaling, tuning, and troubleshooting job schedulers (e.g. Slurm) and distributed compute environments
  • Extensive experience administering and growing infrastructure in fast-paced engineering environments
  • Proficiency with container environments and virtualisation infrastructure
  • Deep knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration, security hardening, lifecycle management, and troubleshooting
  • Experience with backup and disaster recovery strategy and implementation
  • High proficiency with infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Python, Bash) and infrastructure-as-code practices
  • A strong understanding of network file storage protocols and network optimisation for computational workloads

Pay

GBP 60,000 - 75,000