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Viridien

Viridien is a global leader in technology and high-performance computing, specializing in Earth science, data science, and sensing solutions. The company provides innovative products and services across various industries, including energy, defense, mining, and infrastructure. With a focus on advanced imaging and monitoring technologies, Viridien helps clients tackle complex challenges and supports sustainable development through data-driven insights and expertise.

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 Viridien (www.viridiengroup.com) is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.
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 <strong>
  Looking for a role where curiosity, engineering discipline, and platform innovation come together in a unique HPC environment?
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 </strong>
 Viridien is seeking a Platform Engineer - Developer Platform &amp; DevOps to help create the tools, services, and automation that enable engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate software across a large-scale HPC platform.
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 This is a platform engineering role that combines software development, DevOps, and platform operations. We are looking for someone with a developer background who wants to grow their platform engineering skills while writing maintainable code, supporting production services, and improving the platforms that engineering teams rely on day to day.
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 You will work across CI/CD systems, GitLab, Kubernetes services, Puppet-managed environments, observability tooling, and OpenStack-backed infrastructure. OpenStack and AI-related experience are useful but not required.
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 <strong>
  About The Team
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  <br/>
 </strong>
 You will join a team focused on platform engineering and developer tooling, supporting scalable software development, reliable software delivery, and large-scale compute environments.
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 The team works closely with software engineering, infrastructure, operations, and research teams to build practical tools and platform capabilities that help developers ship and operate software more effectively.
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 <strong>
  Required
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 <strong>
  Qualifications
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  <li>
   Software development experience in one or more modern programming languages; Go, C++, Python, and scripting experience are especially useful.
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience building or contributing to tools, services, APIs, platforms, or distributed systems.
  </li>
  <li>
   Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release processes, or deployment automation.
  </li>
  <li>
   Practical experience with Linux and containers, with exposure to Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms.
  </li>
  <li>
   Ability to write maintainable code and willingness to learn how to operate it in real environments.
  </li>
  <li>
   Good debugging and problem-solving skills, with an interest in understanding issues across software and platform layers.
  </li>
  <li>
   Comfortable collaborating across development, platform, and operations teams.
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   <br/>
  </li>
 </ul>
 <strong>
  Desirable
  <br/>
  <br/>
 </strong>
 <ul>
  <li>
   Experience with AI-powered CLI tools, reusable agent/AI skills, agent-based or AI-assisted developer workflows, and LLM-based tooling.
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Thanos, or similar.
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience with infrastructure automation, infrastructure-as-code, or deployment tooling such as Terraform or Helm.
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience with Puppet, Ansible, or similar configuration management tooling.
  </li>
  <li>
   Exposure to OpenStack, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale compute environments.
  </li>
  <li>
   Familiarity with authentication and access control systems such as OIDC.
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience supporting high-performance, data-intensive, or research-oriented workloads.
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   <br/>
  </li>
 </ul>
 <strong>
  Why work with us?
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  <br/>
 </strong>
 <ul>
  <li>
   &pound;40,000-&pound;46,000 per annum depending on experience
  </li>
  <li>
   Highly attractive bonus scheme
  </li>
  <li>
   Initial 22 days annual leave with future increases, complemented by a flexible buying and selling holiday program
  </li>
  <li>
   Company pension with generous employer contribution
  </li>
  <li>
   Wellbeing Unmind app &ndash; puts you in control of your mental health
  </li>
  <li>
   A flexible benefits platform with numerous discount schemes - gym membership, restaurants, cinema tickets, and much more!
  </li>
  <li>
   Regular social club events, spontaneous reward events throughout the year
  </li>
  <li>
   Cycle purchase scheme
  </li>
  <li>
   Flexible Private Medical &amp; Dental care programmes
  </li>
  <li>
   Sponsorship of visas/comprehensive relocation packages
  </li>
  <li>
   Bank Holiday Swap - our holiday swap program allows you to change it for another day of your choice!
  </li>
  <li>
   Relaxed dress code policy
   <br/>
   <br/>
  </li>
 </ul>
 <strong>
  Learning and Development
  <br/>
  <br/>
 </strong>
 At Viridien, we foster a culture of continuous learning and provide tailored training programs through our Learning Hub, designed to enhance technical, commercial, and personal growth.
 <br/>
 <br/>
 <strong>
  We Care About The Environment
  <br/>
  <br/>
 </strong>
 We encourage and actively support a strong sense of community, through volunteering and various company initiatives, as well as a strong company commitment to protecting our environment through sustainable solutions, energy saving and waste reduction enterprises.
 <br/>
 <br/>
 <strong>
  Our Hiring Process
  <br/>
  <br/>
 </strong>
 At Viridien, we are committed to delivering a respectful, inclusive, and transparent recruitment experience.
 <br/>
 <br/>
 Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to provide individual feedback to every applicant. Only candidates whose qualifications closely match the role criteria will be contacted for an interview. We do, however, aim to share personalized feedback with those who progress to the first round of interviews and beyond.
 <br/>
 <br/>
 We are also dedicated to ensuring that our hiring process accessible to all. If you require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview stages, please don&rsquo;t hesitate to contact your recruiter directly.
 <br/>
 <br/>
 We see things differently. Diversity fuels our innovation, we value the unique ways in which we differ, and we are committed to equal employment opportunities for all professionals.
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Platform Engineer - Developer Platform & DevOps Tooling

<div><p>Viridien ( www.viridiengroup.com ) is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.
</p><p></p><p><b>Looking for a role where curiosity, engineering discipline, and platform innovation come together in a unique HPC environment?
</b></p><p></p><p>Viridien is seeking a Platform Engineer - Developer Platform &amp; DevOps to help create the tools, services, and automation that enable engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate software across a large-scale HPC platform.<br>
</p><p></p><p>This is a platform engineering role that combines software development, DevOps, and platform operations. We are looking for someone with a developer background who wants to grow their platform engineering skills while writing maintainable code, supporting production services, and improving the platforms that engineering teams rely on day to day.<br>
</p><p></p><p>You will work across CI/CD systems, GitLab, Kubernetes services, Puppet-managed environments, observability tooling, and OpenStack-backed infrastructure. OpenStack and AI-related experience are useful but not required.<br>
</p><p></p><p><b>About The Team
</b></p><p></p><p>You will join a team focused on platform engineering and developer tooling, supporting scalable software development, reliable software delivery, and large-scale compute environments.<br>
</p><p></p><p>The team works closely with software engineering, infrastructure, operations, and research teams to build practical tools and platform capabilities that help developers ship and operate software more effectively.
</p><p></p><p><b>Qualifications
</b></p><p></p><p><b>Required
</b></p><ul><li>Software development experience in one or more modern programming languages; Go, C++, Python, and scripting experience are especially useful.
</li><li>Experience building or contributing to tools, services, APIs, platforms, or distributed systems.
</li><li>Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release processes, or deployment automation.
</li><li>Practical experience with Linux and containers, with exposure to Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms.
</li><li>Ability to write maintainable code and willingness to learn how to operate it in real environments.
</li><li>Good debugging and problem-solving skills, with an interest in understanding issues across software and platform layers.
</li>Comfortable collaborating across development, platform, and operations teams.<br>
<li>
</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Desirable
</b></p><ul><li>Experience with AI-powered CLI tools, reusable agent/AI skills, agent-based or AI-assisted developer workflows, and LLM-based tooling.
</li><li>Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Thanos, or similar.
</li><li>Experience with infrastructure automation, infrastructure-as-code, or deployment tooling such as Terraform or Helm.
</li><li>Experience with Puppet, Ansible, or similar configuration management tooling.
</li><li>Exposure to OpenStack, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale compute environments.
</li><li>Familiarity with authentication and access control systems such as OIDC.
</li><li>Experience supporting high-performance, data-intensive, or research-oriented workloads.
</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Why work with us?
</b></p><ul><li><p>&pound;40,000-&pound;46,000 per annum depending on experience
</p></li><li><p>Highly attractive bonus scheme
</p></li><li><p>Initial 22 days annual leave with future increases, complemented by a flexible buying and selling holiday program
</p></li><li><p>Company pension with generous employer contribution
</p></li><li><p>Wellbeing Unmind app &ndash; puts you in control of your mental health
</p></li><li><p>A flexible benefits platform with numerous discount schemes - gym membership, restaurants, cinema tickets, and much more!
</p></li><li><p>Regular social club events, spontaneous reward events throughout the year
</p></li><li><p>Cycle purchase scheme
</p></li><li><p>Flexible Private Medical &amp; Dental care programmes
</p></li><li><p>Sponsorship of visas/comprehensive relocation packages
</p></li><li><p>Bank Holiday Swap - our holiday swap program allows you to change it for another day of your choice!
</p></li><li><p>Relaxed dress code policy
</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Learning and Development
</b><br>
<br>
At Viridien, we foster a culture of continuous learning and provide tailored training programs through our Learning Hub, designed to enhance technical, commercial, and personal growth.
<br>
<br>
<b>We Care About The Environment
</b><br>
<br>
We encourage and actively support a strong sense of community, through volunteering and various company initiatives, as well as a strong company commitment to protecting our environment through sustainable solutions, energy saving and waste reduction enterprises.
</p><p></p><p><b>Our Hiring Process
</b></p><p></p><p>At Viridien, we are committed to delivering a respectful, inclusive, and transparent recruitment experience.
</p><p>Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to provide individual feedback to every applicant. Only candidates whose qualifications closely match the role criteria will be contacted for an interview. We do, however, aim to share personalized feedback with those who progress to the first round of interviews and beyond.
</p><p></p><p>We are also dedicated to ensuring that our hiring process accessible to all. If you require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview stages, please don&rsquo;t hesitate to contact your recruiter directly.
</p><p></p><p>We see things differently. Diversity fuels our innovation, we value the unique ways in which we differ, and we are committed to equal employment opportunities for all professionals.</p></div>

<div><p>Viridien ( www.viridiengroup.com ) is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.
</p><div><div><p><b>Job Summary
</b></p></div><div><p>We are seeking a Senior HPC Engineer to join our global HPC and Digital Platform team. This high-impact role combines advanced Linux system administration with the opportunity to shape next-generation compute platforms. You&rsquo;ll lead technical projects, resolve complex issues, and collaborate across regions. Alongside technical leadership, you will have the opportunity to act as a deputy to the HPC Manager, supporting team coordination, stakeholder engagement, and operational decision-making while developing your leadership and management capabilities.
</p><p></p><p><b>Key </b><b>Responsibilities
</b></p></div><div><ul><li><p>Act as final escalation point for complex Linux issues, delivering expert troubleshooting.
</p></li><li><p>Support the Technical Program Manager in team leadership activities, acting as a deputy when required and helping to drive team performance, knowledge sharing, and operational excellence.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Lead deployment of new technologies and compute platforms via Jira workflows, ensuring smooth handover.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Scout, evaluate, and pilot emerging technologies; run PoCs with a focus on scalability and supportability.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Manage end-to-end technical projects &mdash; scoping, planning, deployment, documentation, and handover.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Coordinate with global sites on installations, upgrades, and infrastructure enhancements.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Define and maintain IT standards and frameworks to ensure consistency, security, and excellence.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Optimize Linux systems for performance, availability, and compliance through proactive monitoring.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Participate in CCRBs and drive continual service improvements.
</p></li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li><p>Provide 24x7 on-call support on rotation for incidents and maintenance.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Use Jira Service Management and ITSM tools to manage escalations, track issues, and document changes.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Support in-house applications while ensuring policy alignment.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Balance project delivery with support duties in a fast-paced environment.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Collaborate across development, security, and operations to align IT with business needs.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Mentor colleagues and represent the team by preparing clear documentation and presentations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
</p></li></ul></div><p></p><div><p><b>Qualifications:
</b></p></div><div><p><i>Required:
</i></p></div><div><ul><li><p>Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>5+ years of Linux administration experience, ideally in an HPC environment.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Strong troubleshooting and IT service management skills.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Proficiency with automation/configuration tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, GitLab, Terraform).
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Experience with Docker and container orchestration.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Scripting skills (Bash, Python, Perl).
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Strong project/time management and communication skills.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>A proactive, adaptable mindset with a passion for learning.
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Proven ability to mentor, guide, and influence technical teams, with a demonstrated interest in developing people leadership and progressing towards a management role.
</p></li></ul></div><p></p><div><p><i>Preferred:
</i></p></div><div><ul><li><p>Experience with DevOps tools (OpenStack, Kubernetes, CI/CD).
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Cloud administration and virtualization experience.
</p></li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li><p>Certifications (e.g., LPIC-2/3, CompTIA Linux+, ITIL Foundation).
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Knowledge of GPUs, RAID, and HPC clustering technologies.
</p></li></ul></div><p></p><div><p><b>UK </b><b>Benefits Package:
</b></p></div><div><ul><li><p>Competitive salary commensurate with experience
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Annual bonus scheme
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Initial 22 days annual leave with future increases, complemented by a flexible buying and selling holiday program
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Company pension with generous employer contribution
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Life Assurance 4x annual salary
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Employee Assistance Programme
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Group Income protection
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Wellbeing Unmind app &ndash; puts you in control of your mental health
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>A flexible benefits platform with numerous discount schemes - gym membership, restaurants, cinema tickets, and much more!
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Regular social club events, spontaneous reward events throughout the year
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Cycle purchase scheme
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>On-site wellness facilities
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Flexible Private Medical &amp; Dental care programmes
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Sponsorship of visas/comprehensive relocation packages
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Employee Referral Scheme
</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p>Subsidised canteen
</p></li></ul></div></div><p></p><p><b>Our Hiring Process
</b></p><p></p><p>At Viridien, we are committed to delivering a respectful, inclusive, and transparent recruitment experience.
</p><p>Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to provide individual feedback to every applicant. Only candidates whose qualifications closely match the role criteria will be contacted for an interview. We do, however, aim to share personalized feedback with those who progress to the first round of interviews and beyond.
</p><p></p><p>We are also dedicated to ensuring that our hiring process accessible to all. If you require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview stages, please don&rsquo;t hesitate to contact your recruiter directly.
</p><p></p><p>We see things differently. Diversity fuels our innovation, we value the unique ways in which we differ, and we are committed to equal employment opportunities for all professionals.</p></div>

Senior HPC Engineer

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Platform Engineer - Developer Platform & DevOps Tooling

Platform Engineer - Developer Platform & DevOps Tooling

Senior HPC Engineer