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Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid
An exciting opportunity for a passionate HPC Architect to join a unique, multi-national Information Management function. Ideal candidates should be committed to the future of software defined data centres and open source technologies and have the dedication in supporting our engineering community in a dynamic, fast paced development environment.
Salary: Up to £75,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance This role will require DV Clearance. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
The opportunity:
We are seeking a forward thinking HPC Architect with expertise in storage and infrastructure to define the long-term future roadmap of HPC environments within MBDA. You will ensure alignment with business objectives in collaboration with our business areas. As a HPC Architect you will be responsible for building scalable and high-throughput infrastructure.
You will manage and maintain HPC environments including compute nodes, storage and interconnects. The role involves close collaboration within your team and wider stakeholders across the organisation. You will also engage with wider multi-national and multi-cultured teams to drive capability development cross functionally.
What we're looking for from you:
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Strategy
Define the long-term HPC architecture roadmap aligned with organisational goals
Evaluate and select technologies across compute, storage, networking, and cloud HPC
Establish standards, reference architectures, and best practices
System Design & Engineering Oversight
Architect large-scale HPC clusters, including CPU, GPU, and accelerator-based systems
Design high-performance networking (InfiniBand, RDMA, high-speed Ethernet)
Define storage architecture (parallel file systems, object storage, tiered storage)
Provide technical leadership and oversight to HPC engineering and operations teams
Performance & Scalability
Ensure systems are designed for optimal throughput, latency, and scalability
Lead performance benchmarking, capacity planning, and workload modelling
Identify and eliminate architectural bottlenecks
Workload & Software Ecosystem
Define strategies for workload orchestration (SLURM, Kubernetes for HPC, etc.)
Guide software stack design (MPI, CUDA, compilers, libraries, containers)
Ensure reproducibility, portability, and performance of workloads
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