Job Description

Ref Number

B01-05199

Professional Expertise

IT and Digital

Department

Vice-President (Operations) (B01)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

54,931-64,644

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

02-Nov-2025

About us

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UCL is a world-leading teaching and research university, often ranked in the top ten in the world with an annual turnover of well over 1 billion. Part of UCL's vision is to take on the hardest global challenges. The Information Services Division (ISD) is the primary provider of IT services to UCL.



We support and enhance learning, teaching, research and administrative processes by providing information- and technologyrelated services to over 50,000 staff and students of UCL and associated institutions. Our ambition is to be the leading IT services group in the HE sector and we are growing our team's capability in experience/UX, agile development, security, cloud, service management and partnering.



We are modernising our technology foundations, digitising the processes of the university to transform experience for students and staff, and partnering across the university to drive differentiation in UCL education and research. Within ISD, this post is in Faculty IT & Partnering which provides local specialist applications and systems support and IT strategic business partnering for departments across the university.

About the role

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We are looking for a Faculty Senior Research Infrastructure Developer to join the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences. This is a key technical leadership role that supports UCL's research community by designing, developing and maintaining the computing infrastructure that powers data- and compute-intensive research.



You will work closely with researchers to create bespoke, secure and scalable systems tailored to their needs, ensuring that our research infrastructure continues to evolve with technological advances. From high-performance computing clusters and parallel storage to data management and automation tools, you'll help shape and deliver the digital platforms that underpin world-class research.



The role also involves collaborating with colleagues across UCL's Advanced Research Computing Centre (ARC) and the wider research IT community to share best practice, develop new capabilities and champion innovation in research technology.

About you

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You'll have extensive experience in high-performance computing (HPC), data storage or research systems administration, ideally gained in an academic or research environment. You'll be confident managing and maintaining complex hardware platforms, monitoring performance, and ensuring system security and reliability.



You'll combine strong technical expertise with excellent communication and collaboration skills, enabling you to work closely with researchers and technical teams to deliver effective solutions.



Experience of hardware management, monitoring or research computing/storage are essential. Experience of parallel storage and backup is highly desirable.



You should have experience in one or more of these; HPC - GPFS / Spectrum Scale - Lustre - hardware - Servers - Datacentres - Spectrum Protect - GitHub - Operating Systems - Linux - backup - Archive - GPU.

What we offer

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As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:


41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.



We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.



These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.