High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Administrator

About the role

The role supports on‑premise and cloud‑based high performance computing clusters used by scientists in the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science & Innovation. You will work within a small HPC support team, collaborating with IT partners, project teams and research groups.

Key responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain new HPC infrastructure, including Linux and Windows clusters, storage systems and connected cloud environments.
• Provide day‑to‑day administration: user and batch management, performance monitoring, backup/restore, software updates and troubleshooting.
• Assist scientists with software management, container technologies, Jupyter notebooks and CI/CD pipelines to enable model runs and data processing.
• Contribute to strategy, planning and procurement for on‑premise and hybrid cloud HPC resources.
• Deliver training and knowledge‑sharing sessions to maximise efficient use of HPC and cloud capabilities.

Required profile

• Experience administering Linux and Windows HPC environments.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, including researchers, vendors and IT teams.
• Strong problem‑solving skills for hardware and software issues.

Required skills

• Linux system administration
• Windows system administration
• HPC batch scheduling (e.g., Slurm, PBS)
• Container technologies (Docker, Singularity)
• Jupyter notebooks
• CI/CD concepts and tools
• Hybrid cloud integration (on‑premise & cloud‑burst)
• Performance monitoring and backup/restore procedures