Solution Architect - High Performance Computing

The Position

Are you ready to apply your strong technical skills to solve scientific problems and make an impact in the field of Health and Life Sciences? We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect / Engineer to join our High Performance Computing team.

As an HPC Solution Architect / Engineer, you will be contributing significantly to the evolution and delivery of cutting-edge projects in the Science & Research space. Our shared HPC environment provides compute on demand resources for diverse computational workloads, batch processing, and visualization, supporting areas such as large-scale computational chemistry, High Volume CryoEM data processing, Large Scale Omics Data processing, Machine Learning, etc.

We are looking for someone with strong hands-on experience in High Performance Computing, specifically with IBM Spectrum LSF, and a strategic architecture mindset.

Your responsibilities include :

Driving architecture and engineering of the HPC / scheduler configuration in partnership with the informatics team and business to optimize scientific workloads

Engineer tooling for reporting and observability, support consumers with a clear view of the performance of their jobs and the platform as a whole, develop statistics on the platform usage by scientific business cases to ensure sound investment decisions

Ensuring the HPC architecture is fit both for today's needs but also tomorrow, assess appropriate new technologies in the area of scale out computing for scientific demands.

Collaborating with Roche architecture and strategy teams to ensure the right balance of on premise and cloud resources are considered for efficient platform operation.

Working as part of the global HPC team creating automation, identifying training needs and operational process development

We need a passionate person who has :

Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis, or a related study

5+ years of hands-on experience in the following areas / technologies :

HPC scheduler knowledge such as LSF, Slurm, or Gridengine

Knowledge of HPC cluster build and management tools

DevOps, Infrastructure as Code Ansible, Terraform)

Cloud technologies, infrastructure / platform as a service, AWS, Google, Azure

Virtualization and containerization awareness

Good all round Linux skills

Experience working in agile teams SAFe / Scrum)

Strong collaboration and influencing skills with a proven ability to lead and inspire

Analytical, logical problem-resolution skills

If you are ready to take on this exciting opportunity, apply now to join our team and make a difference in the world of Science & Research. We look forward to hearing from you!

Location :

We offer a hybrid model with a lot of flexibility between the Madrid office and the home office. Other location available : Sant Cugat (Barcelona), Mississauga, Poznan and Warsaw

What else :

This role offers a competitive salary, plus an excellent benefits package that includes (among others) :

• Fascinating opportunities for your professional growth
• Additional holidays per labor agreement
• Wide range of options and platforms for learning and development
• Agile and flexible working policy, working from home
• An exceptional and modern office space (canteen, parking,... and free coffee!)
• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan
• Life insurance
• Roche stock options

At Roche, diversity and inclusion are essential values for our success. We have a special interest in integrating people with disabilities into our teams. If you have a disability, for us it is a plus, and we have special benefits for you : Go ahead and join us!