Description:
We are seeking an experienced IT Systems Engineer to oversee, operate, and continuously improve our IT infrastructure across the EU & UK regions. This role serves as the regional technical owner for on-premises, data center, and cloud infrastructure, supporting enterprise and scientific workloads, including GPU-accelerated, high-performance computing (HPC), and containerized platforms.
The position is primarily based in Scotland, with periodic travel to Germany and other EU locations as required. The ideal candidate is hands-on, comfortable operating headless infrastructure (Linux-first, API-driven systems), and experienced in running modern hybrid environments, including Kubernetes-based platforms and AWS.
Job Responsibilities
- Act as the primary infrastructure owner for EU-based environments, including data centers, offices, and cloud integrations.
- Design, deploy, and operate enterprise, scientific, and compute-intensive infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization.
- Support and maintain Linux-based, headless infrastructure, prioritizing automation, reliability, and reproducibility.
- Operate and optimize GPU-enabled and HPC environments, including capacity planning, performance tuning, and hardware lifecycle management.
- Support containerized platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) used for data processing, analytics, and scientific workloads.
- Build and operate hybrid infrastructure, integrating on-premises systems with AWS, including GPU-capable and container-native services.
- Collaborate with global IT, research, data, and security teams to align infrastructure with organizational standards and scientific needs.
- Ensure infrastructure meets availability, performance, security, and compliance requirements, particularly in regulated or research-driven environments.
- Lead or contribute to infrastructure initiatives such as data center upgrades, cluster expansions, cloud migrations, and platform modernization efforts.
- Provide Tier 3/4 operational support for complex infrastructure issues and participate in escalation or on-call rotations as required.
- Maintain clear, actionable documentation for architectures, platforms, and operational procedures.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field with at least 2 years’ related work experience OR High School diploma with at least 6 years’ related work experience
- Proven experience supporting enterprise or data center infrastructure in production environments
- Experience in AWS & cloud-based technologies
- Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, or equivalent)
- Experience operating headless infrastructure, including API-driven platforms and containerized environments
- Experience supporting GPU-accelerated or HPC workloads
- Hands-on experience with AWS (highly preferred), including EC2, VPC, IAM, storage, monitoring, and container or GPU services
- Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, OS, network, and cloud layers.
- Experience supporting multi-site or regional environments
- Willingness to travel within Europe, including Germany, as required
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Self-directed, organized, and comfortable taking regional ownership of critical infrastructure
Solid Understanding Of
- Server platforms and enterprise hardware
- Virtualization technologies (VMware, KVM, or similar)
- Enterprise storage and backup systems
- Networking fundamentals (routing, switching, firewalls)