HPC Infrastructure Planning Lead

I’m working with a leading quantitative trading firm that is continuing to scale its global HPC and data center infrastructure and is looking for an experienced Infrastructure Planning Lead to take ownership of a broad portfolio of critical projects.

This is not a traditional project management role.

They’re looking for someone who understands how large-scale compute environments are actually built, expanded and brought online, and who can operate across both the technical and planning sides of infrastructure delivery.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Owning and prioritising a portfolio of HPC and data center infrastructure projects
• Planning new compute, storage and network deployments
• Driving capacity planning across rack space, power, cooling and structured cabling
• Managing vendors, contractors and implementation schedules
• Supporting new colocation and data center expansion projects
• Providing clear reporting on project status, risks and resource requirements
• Working closely with engineering teams to resolve technical and operational blockers
• Using AI and automation to improve planning, reporting and operational workflows

We’re particularly interested in people coming from environments involving:

• HPC or research computing
• AI / GPU infrastructure
• Data center capacity engineering
• High-density compute environments

Experience around Linux, networking, Infini Band/Ethernet, HPC storage, Slurm, Lustre or GPFS would be valuable, but the key requirement is a strong understanding of large-scale infrastructure planning and delivery.

Relevant backgrounds could include:

If you’ve been responsible for getting large amounts of compute capacity from initial planning through to operational handover, I’d be interested in speaking.