Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Cambridge, UK
Visa Sponsorship available
Join Nu Quantum - Shaping the Future of Technology
Nu Quantum is creating the Entanglement Fabric for quantum computing scale-out. Quantum computing can solve some of the world’s biggest problems, but these applications require systems that are thousands of times more powerful than those available today.
Our networking architecture will unlock data centre-scale quantum computing by weaving together quantum processors to accelerate the path to fault-tolerance and transformational utility. Founded in 2018, Nu Quantum is a spin-out of the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join us at Nu Quantum as we expand our engineering team and need dedicated support for DevOps and IT Infrastructure. You will define best practices, implement CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop testing, provide tooling support across diverse engineering workflows, and help with tooling and automation as we continue to grow.
You will have experience with HPC environments including working with job schedulers such as Slurm, and you will be responsible for helping us provide overflow capacity on AWS.
You will have the opportunity to build our DevOps practices from the ground up and contribute to improving efficiency across the business.
What you'll be doing
- Work with the engineering teams across FPGA design, software development, optics and mechanical engineering to support various EDA tools and simulation packages.
- Help define CI/CD flows and build automation pipelines include hardware in the loop testing for FPGA deployments.
- Develop and maintain backup and disaster recovery procedures.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure reliability and performance.
- Administer our Linux HPC cluster, provide tooling and flow support.
- Propose, plan, and optimize HPC usage across our in-house HPC cluster and AWS services.
- Forecast HPC usage, optimize costs, and plan budgets.
- Proactively, create processes and train others on best practice.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Proficient with Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP authentication, DNS, networking.
- Experience with hypervisors, including Windows Hyper-V and Proxmox VE.
- Fluent in Python and bash scripting.
- Experience with automation and provisioning tools such as Ansible.
- Experience deploying containerisation technologies e.g. Docker, Podman, Apptainer.
- Experience deploying and using monitoring and observability tools e.g. Prometheus, Grafana.
- Able to work independently and autonomously and work collaboratively with other teams.
- Able to be hands on, create processes and then train others on best practice.
Desirable (nice to have but not required)
- Experience developing and maintaining backup and disaster recovery procedures.
- Experience of Cyber Essentials or similar certification and auditing.
- Knowledge of database architectures including streaming databases for real-time data capture.
Benefits
Why work with us?
At Nu Quantum, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where people of all identities, orientations, backgrounds, and experiences are empowered. We value diverse perspectives as a source of creativity and innovation and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented and marginalised communities. Joining Nu Quantum means joining a team where you can grow professionally and be part of an inspiring mission to shape the future of technology.
Benefits
- Flexible working options
- 1 month paid Sabbatical after 4 years of service
- Generous Employee Referral Scheme
- Private Medical and Dental Cover (With Vitality and Bupa)
- On-site gym membership
- Cycle scheme
- Refreshments, including fruit and beverages, are available in the office.
- 28 days annual leave, including a 3-day company shutdown period + UK Public Holidays
- Option to purchase up to 5 days holiday per year
- Enhanced paid family leave policies
- Group DIS cover (4 x salary)
- Access to the Cambridge Botanical Gardens
