Senior Research Infrastructure Developer

Job Description

About Us

The UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is UCL’s hub for digital research infrastructure and innovation. ARC brings together supercomputing, data platforms, advanced software, and expert professionals to make computational science and digital scholarship possible.

ARC is both a professional services department providing reliable and secure infrastructure for UCL research groups, and a research and innovation lab, partnering with academics to apply advanced computational and data-intensive methods across disciplines.

We are home to a diverse team of research technology professionals – including research software engineers, HPC systems engineers, DevOps specialists, data engineers, data scientists, and data stewards – offering outstanding career development opportunities in this evolving field.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Research Infrastructure Developer to design, build, and automate research computing services and platforms in collaboration with UCL researchers.

In this role, you will:

Develop and maintain computational software and infrastructure supporting UCL research

Work on both large-scale persistent services and bespoke solutions tailored to individual research groups

Contribute to building platforms in cloud environments, with opportunities to deepen your expertise

Implement automation, monitoring, and support for high-performance and data-intensive computing environments

This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge infrastructure supporting some of the world’s most innovative research.

About You

You will bring experience in building, deploying, and supporting infrastructure or applications in either research or industrial settings.

Essential skills include:

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Virtualization and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)

Highly desirable experience:

Configuration management at scale

GPU technology in virtualized environments

We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in at least two of the following areas:

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes & containers

CI/CD & GitOps

GPU computing

Data engineering

MLOps

You should also be a collaborative problem-solver, with a keen interest in developing and scaling advanced research infrastructure.

What We Offer

Alongside exciting opportunities to shape digital research at UCL, we provide a competitive benefits package:

41 days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 6 closure days)

USS Pension Scheme – defined benefit, with staff contributing 6.1% and UCL contributing 14.6% (includes life insurance at 3x salary)

Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

On-site nursery and gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme

Discounted medical insurance

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At UCL, we know diversity drives innovation. We are committed to being fair, inclusive, and representative of global talent.

We particularly welcome applications from:

Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates

Disabled candidates

LGBTQI+ candidates

Women (for senior-level roles)

ARC is also working towards an Athena SWAN award, reflecting our commitment to advancing gender equality.

Flexible, part-time, and job-share applications will be considered.