Technical Lead :SRC Research

Recruiter:

Kamo Placements

Job Ref:

JHB001903/MS

Date posted:

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

Annually

SUMMARY:
Our Client has an exciting opportunity for a role of a Technical Lead: Regional Centre (SRC) Research responsible to provide leadership regarding implementation of company’s end-user facing high performance computing (HPC) resources, which are aggregated under the Regional Centre (SRC). The role will formulate roadmaps for the necessary technological systems, use cases and applications of the end-user facing HPC resources. Furthermore, the role will coordinate the contributions of company towards development of technology and systems operations in the global SRC Network Project .

POSITION INFO:
JOB DESCRIPTION

Formulation of Roadmap for company’s End-User Facing High Performance Computing Resources.
Planning the capacity of HPC resources according to evolving science requirements and emerging socio-economic impact opportunities.
Participation of company personnel in the technology development, systems operations and end-user support initiatives of the global SRC Network Project
Implementation of projects to foster advancement, usage and socio-economic impact of company’s end-user facing HPC resources, through collaborations with national and international stakeholders.
Overseeing personnel and technology systems that comprise company’s end-user facing HPC resources and facilitating optimal performance regarding delivery on outputs, outcomes and impact.
Reporting on performance of projects for enabling organisational performance monitoring and compliance to policies and regulations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Qualification:

Master’s degree (NQF9) in engineering, computer science, data science, astronomy or physics
PhD/D.Eng or related field with 7+ years;

Experience:

10 years of involvement in deployment and operation of HPC systems in environments for enabling science projects (e.g., in data-intensive fields such astronomy, physics, climate modelling, etc.)
5 years of direct involvement in international scientific research collaborations where the candidate has led teams that are involved in the collaborations and has produced documentation related to technical, scientific and best-practice aspects of projects.

Knowledge:

Strong understanding of strengths and weaknesses of various business models of deploying and hosting HPC infrastructure (e.g., self-hosted, third-party provided)
Knowledge of data movement challenges and applicable solutions for handling scale data in globally distributed research environments
Knowledge of data storage, compute and memory challenges and applicable solutions for handling diverse scientific workflows.
Sound understanding of technologies and services for enabling usage of HPC resources for analysing, visualising and extracting insights from science data products.
Ability to lead teams in delivery of innovative solutions through their lifecycle from experimentation to production environments
Decision Making
Risk Management
Research Governance
Good Presentation skills

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