Systems Administrator for Research IT
First seen by Alion on Oct 6, 2026.
About the Role
The primary duty of this role is to provide support for the operating systems, applications and services running on the ITS Research facilities. This covers the HPC cluster, various Research services (e.g. GitHub Enterprise) and virtual machines. Most of these servers run Rocky Linux. The post holder is required to possess substantial knowledge and experience of supporting large installations of Linux servers and open-source software in an academic or enterprise environment according to best practice.
About You
The Systems Administrator for ITS Research will primarily be utilising advanced technical skills in Linux, HPC, puppet, Git workflows, and scripting, as part of a progressive team, to provide a high quality service to Researchers performing world-class research across the University. The post holder will be required to deploy, test, benchmark and document use of a range of research applications for use on the HPC cluster.
A good background in administering Linux servers in an Enterprise/Academic environment will be essential, plus at least one of the following:
- Demonstrable experience of managing a job scheduler on a High Performance Compute Cluster
- Experience of DevOps methodologies, including automation, configuration management using Puppet and Git, and continuous integration solutions
- Ability to provision and test a wide change of Open Source applications, using a variety of methods (source code, scripts, containers, packages).
Additional skills will be learned on the job, also making this an exciting opening for a skilled Linux administrator wishing to work in the stimulating area of High Performance Computing, Machine Learning (due to substantial investment in high-end GPUs) and Containerisation.
About the Department
The Research Division of IT Services provide the computing facilities and resources to support the world-class research performed at Queen Mary University of London. Supporting research performed across all three Faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and the School of Medicine and Dentistry; the range of activity within the group is wide-ranging and ever-changing.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality