ARC Research Infrastructure Developer (Assistant, Senior and Principal roles)

Ref Number

B01-04155

Professional Expertise

IT and Digital

Department

Vice-President (Operations) (B01)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

See advert text

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

16-May-2024

The UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is UCL’s new institute for infrastructure and innovation in digital research - the supercomputers, datasets, software and people that make computational science and digital scholarship possible. We are an innovative hybrid: a professional services department that delivers reliable and secure infrastructure and services to UCL research groups, and a laboratory for research and innovation in the application of advanced computational and data intensive research methods, working in partnership with academics from all fields.

We are a home for the research technology professionals - research software engineers, HPC systems engineers, dev-ops specialists, data engineers, data scientists and data stewards - who support and collaborate in the delivery of UCL research, providing outstanding career development opportunities for these new kinds of research professionals.

A key challenge in providing digital infrastructure for researchers is the need for flexibility and innovation. A traditional model of IT support results in services lagging (sometimes years) behind researcher needs, and due to the more general requirements of large groups of users fails to take into account the individual infrastructure requirements of research groups.

Our research infrastructure developers designs, develop and automates Research Computing platforms and systems collaboration withUCL researchers – working together to build and maintaining computational softwareand infrastructure that drives research in UCL and beyond. They will support both persistent services with large numbers of users, and also bespoke solutions for specific research groups.

Salary range forthe Research Infrastructure Developer positions is as follows:

• Assistant Research Infrastructure Developer: £34,605 to £43,205 (including London Allowance) depending on experience

• Research Infrastructure Developer: £42,099 to £54,794 ( (including London Allowance) depending on experience

• Senior Research Infrastructure Developer: £51,474 to £65,698 ( (including London Allowance) depending on experience

• Principal Research Infrastructure Developer: £65,698 to £81,976 ( (including London Allowance) depending on experience

Please note that the applications for these positions are short-listed and reviewed on a regular basis; where a post is not yet available we may keep your application on file, and contact you when a suitable post is identified.

A Research Infrastructure Developer will be interested in HPC and both public and private Cloud technologies with the intention to become an expert. They will have experience deploying applications onto such infrastructure, or the infrastructure itself, within a research environment, and in working with researchers to use it effectively. They will be strong advocates for “building it right” – software defined, in version control etc. Key knowledge includes Linux, git, shell, batch schedulers. As part of this role there is an opportunity for growth – to obtain advancement by the Research Infrastructure Developer steering their focus to include training, line management, research or further specialisation in HPC/Cloud technologies.

As part of this recruitment we are looking to appoint multiple individuals with a mix of specialisations in HPC systems administration (with a focus on hardware, operating systems and networking) and Cloud technologies (specifically orchestration and skills building bespoke systems for research groups). Because of the variety of specialisations in this area (and multiple posts) it is expected that a successful candidate would have expertise in one of these areas, but it is not expected that they be experts in more of them.

Job description and person specification for each of the Research Infrastructure Developer positions can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Please supply a cover letter setting out how you meet the selection criteria.

This role meets the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker certificate of sponsorship or a global talent visa under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL welcomes applications from international applicants who require a visa.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.

In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks. 

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit UCL's HR page for more information.

Further information about working in ARC can be found on our website www.ucl.ac.uk/arc

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or application process, please contact Jodie Jackson via [email protected] 

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

​​​​​​​As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• A yearly promotion scheme across grades. The scheme aims to make it easier for high-performing staff demonstrating the appropriate skills and behaviours of performing at a higher grade to be recognised and to accelerate their internal career progression.

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.

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