Director Of Platform Engineering

Description:

The Scientific Computing Platform (SCP) is a foundational capability for HPC and large-scale research computing solutions. Embedded within the Research D&A organisation it is central to analytics products focused on computational chemistry, imaging, multi-OMICs, structural biology, data science and AI, and is following a hybrid on-premises and public cloud strategy.

The SCP team is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of high-performance analytics services, with an emphasis on augmenting the HPC experience. We combine modern HPC with a powerful DevOps stack and cloud-native technologies to power research and development at AstraZeneca.

ABOUT THE ROLE?

The SCP Engineering Lead will both lead an agile engineering team and set the technical strategies to meet future scientific computing needs, where machine learning and AI are increasingly playing a major role in drug discovery at AstraZeneca.

We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic engineering manager with a track record of delivering HPC systems, and fostering an inclusive empowered team culture where collaboration and engineering excellence thrive. You will bring a wealth of experience in the design and operation of scale-out scientific IT platforms and have the expertise to lead a globally distributed agile DevOps team.