Technical Lead :SRC Research at Six Senses

• A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Technical Lead :SRC Research
• Responsible to provide leadership regarding implementation of end-user facing high performance computing (HPC) resources, which are aggregated under the (SRC)
• The role will formulate roadmaps for the necessary technological systems, use cases and applications of the end-user facing HPC resources

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree (NQF9) in engineering, computer science, data science, astronomy or physics
• PhD/D.Eng or related field with 7+ years

Experience:

• 10 years of involvement in deployment and operation of HPC systems in environments for enabling science projects (e.g., in data-intensive fields such astronomy, physics, climate modelling, etc.)
• 5 years of direct involvement in international scientific research collaborations where the candidate has led teams that are involved in the collaborations and has produced documentation related to technical, scientific and best-practice aspects of projects.

Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of strengths and weaknesses of various business models of deploying and hosting HPC infrastructure (e.g., self-hosted, third-party provided)
• Knowledge of data movement challenges and applicable solutions for handling data in globally distributed research environments
• Knowledge of data storage, compute and memory challenges and applicable solutions for handling diverse scientificworkflows.
• Sound understanding of technologies and services for enabling usage of HPC resources for analysing, visualising and extracting insights from science data products.
• Ability to lead teams in delivery of innovative solutions through their lifecycle from experimentation to production environments
• Decision Making
• Risk Management
• Research Governance
• Good Presentation skills

Closing Date: 2026-03-27