BACKGROUND

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute leads the world in genomic research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to understanding the role of genomes in biological systems.

The Institute boasts a world class high performance compute environment, consisting of a large network, a SAN with over 1PB of storage and a large compute farm of over 1000 nodes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for two experienced Unix/Linux systems administrators with a scientific computing / beowulf clustering background to join an established Systems Support Group. The group is primarily responsible for designing and administering the large scale compute clusters at the institute as well
as advising scientific users on how to make best use of our computational resources.

REQUIREMENTS

Ideally you will have a Bioinformatics/Biology related degree and/or knowledge of computational biology. You will have experience of running a linux cluster, good user support skills and be familiar with bioinformatics codes such as Blast. Strong shell/Perl scripting skills is a must.

PREFERENCES

Familiarization some of the following would also be advantageous: Clustered file systems, high availability systems, database administration (mysql or oracle), automated systems management, monitoring and deployment tools.

TERMS

Salary c. £35,000 dependant upon experience. Benefits include 25 days annual leave, final salary pension scheme, optional private healthcare (on completion of a qualifying period), permanent disability insurance, life insurance, childcare voucher scheme, on-site restaurant, cafe , gym and an active sports and social scene.

LOCALE

Cambridgeshire, UK

COMPENSATION

Salary c. £35,000

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position please email your CV (including 2 referees) and current salary details, quoting reference SW1260-BO to: recruit[at]sanger.ac.uk

DEADLINE

July 1st 2007