Head of Research Computing Platforms

The Head of Research Computing Platforms will be part of the Information Technology Office (ITO) team and report directly to the Crick CIO. They will work closely with Crick scientists at all levels of the Institute to collaboratively plan and manage platforms that support the current and future needs of the Crick scientific community., The Crick has recently installed the second wave of its scientific computing infrastructure, which currently provides 25PB of high-performance storage (with offsite backup and long-term archive) and over 12,000 cores of general-purpose compute, and multiple GPU clusters (H100, A100, L40) to support the varied needs of the organisation. Specific objectives include, but are not limited to:

• Understand the scientific and research requirements of the Crick's scientific programmes to advise and work in partnership with researchers and the ITO team to deliver scientific computing platforms appropriately to meet their scientific program needs.
• Work with the scientific community, formally, by continuing to develop the existing governance structures, and informally, to provide process for allocation of research computing platform resources (storage and compute)
• Continued development of the strategy for sustainable growth of the Crick's scientific computing platforms.
• Develop the Crick's strategy for world class data lifecycle management technology solutions and best practices.
• Take the lead in developing a strategy for business continuity and disaster recovery of the scientific data and systems, ensuring that it reflects the needs of researchers.
• Establish an external advisory panel, to validate the Crick's strategies in points 3, 4 and 5, above, and to provide feedback and review of the quality of its implementation.
• Liaise with external groups to develop and/or leverage shared infrastructure for the benefit of Crick researchers and wider collaborations.