At AstraZeneca, Scientific Computing is a strategic asset underpinning our advances in science. Our research into disease and creating new medicines critically depends on continuously developing and refining best-in-class computing capabilities and the engineering teams supporting them. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to lead HPC Infrastructure as part of our platform leadership team. If you combine excitement for HPC technology with a passion for science, and an understanding of balancing agile innovation with providing an enterprise-quality service, then we want to hear from you The Scientific Computing platform (SCP) is AstraZeneca’s primary platform supporting exploratory research, and underpins every stage of drug development from target validation through to compound selection for clinical trials. At its heart it provides some key capabilities: HPC clusters on-prem, in the cloud and through external partnerships Applications and software packages the scientists need to perform their research Expertise to help scientists optimise their workflows and accelerate the development of new medical treatments. A critical ability is to maintain the flexibility to adjust and adapt according to changing requirements and follow the science. The SCP department comprises 50-60 individuals across three core technical areas (HPC Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, and Applications), a Business Engagement team, an Operations team, and a small Program Management team. About this role As the HPC Infrastructure Technical Lead, you will be leading a team of 10-15 engineers and be engaged in a variety of activities including responsibility for Working with scientific users to understand their needs, and develop solutions Horizon scanning, identifying the future technologies needed to stay innovative Defining the roadmap for the platform’s HPC infrastructure Prioritising the work backlog for the team according to scientific needs Ensuring delivery of team objectives, both for on-premises clusters and in the cloud Mentoring and coaching engineers Investigating and resolving complex…