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Viridien / CGG
Crawley
Viridien / CGG is recruiting for the role of HPC Engineer. The role provides senior Linux support within a global HPC and Digital Platform team, combining advanced system administration with delivery of scalable compute platforms. It involves troubleshooting complex issues, leading technical delivery, and working across regions on high-performance infrastructure.
Role details
- Location: Crawley
- Working pattern: On-site
- Job type: Full time
What you’ll do
- Act as a senior escalation point for complex Linux issues and provide expert troubleshooting.
- Lead deployment of new technologies and compute platforms and manage handover through Jira workflows.
- Scout, evaluate and pilot emerging technologies, including proof of concepts focused on scalability and supportability.
- Manage technical projects from scoping and planning through deployment, documentation and handover.
- Coordinate with global sites on installations, upgrades and infrastructure enhancements.
- Optimise Linux systems for performance, availability and compliance through proactive monitoring.
- Use Jira Service Management and ITSM tools to manage escalations, track issues and document changes.
- Provide 24×7 on-call support on rotation for incidents and maintenance.
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What they’re looking for
- A degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
- Several years of Linux administration experience, ideally in an HPC environment.
- Strong troubleshooting and IT service management skills.
- Proficiency with automation and configuration tools such as Ansible, Puppet, GitLab or Terraform.
- Experience with Docker and container orchestration.
- Scripting skills in Bash, Python or Perl.
- Strong project and time management, and communication skills.
- A proactive, adaptable mindset with a passion for learning.
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Additional role information
- The role sits within a global HPC and Digital Platform team.
- It includes collaboration across development, security and operations.
- Support is needed for in-house applications while ensuring policy alignment.
- Desirable experience includes DevOps tools, cloud administration, virtualization, certifications, GPUs, RAID and HPC clustering technologies.
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