Job description
Job details
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
- Work mode: Hybrid
- Employment type: Contract (Not an internship)
- Salary: GBP 86,828 per year
Role overview
Formula. is hiring a DevOps Engineer for a 3-month contract in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear. This hybrid role focuses on building a scalable job orchestration and results platform across an existing compute cluster and customer-facing API. The position offers up to £300 per day outside IR35 and requires expertise in Slurm, Docker, AWS, and big data storage solutions.
Job details
This is a contract DevOps Engineer position based in Newcastle Upon Tyne with a hybrid work arrangement. The role involves extending Slurm cluster job scheduling, designing big data storage layers using MongoDB or S3, and testing AWS infrastructure expansion. Salary is up to £86,828 annually (approximately £300 per day). The contract duration is 3 months with a specialist technology company.
Responsibilities
- Extend Slurm cluster job scheduling via Docker containers
- Design and implement big data storage layer using MongoDB or S3
- Test and validate AWS infrastructure expansion capabilities
- Build scalable job orchestration platform for compute clusters
- Integrate results platform with customer-facing API endpoints
Requirements
- Strong experience with Slurm workload management and job scheduling
- Proficiency in Docker containerization and orchestration
- Hands-on AWS cloud infrastructure experience
- Knowledge of big data storage solutions (MongoDB, S3)
- Experience building scalable distributed systems and APIs
Benefits
- Up to £300 per day outside IR35
- Hybrid working arrangement
- 3-month contract with specialist technology company
- Work on cutting-edge orchestration platform