Linux/Unix Administrator

Overview

On Site
$35 - $70
Full Time
No Travel Required

Skills

Linux
Ansible
Linux Kernel
Python
UNIX

Job Details

Our Linux Team ensures our trading servers work so we can trade. You will work in a highly-customized environment where proprietary tools and technology run. You will be expected to help build the pioneering tools to keep our systems best-in-class while enabling our technology evolution in a controlled way.
What you'll do:
As a member of our Linux Systems Engineering Team, you will be ensuring that our production environment works optimally by deploying, maintaining, monitoring and operating a large fleet of predominantly bare-metal UNIX servers. At client, reliability means prevention and swift resolution of incidents across our technology stack, to guarantee optimum functioning even in the most extreme market conditions. Having a decisive nature, engineering mindset and preference for simple solutions are essential to keeping our systems reliable.

  • Tackle the life cycle of a server and build and deploy new solutions
  • Performance monitoring and managing the system capacity
  • Fix and analyze technical incidents, solve technical ad hoc problems
  • Lead our charge to intelligent automation
  • Be the connection between hardware and software
  • Research new technologies and solutions, implement them or build better

Who you are:

  • A minimum of 6 years experience designing, deploying and supporting large scale Linux/Unix server environments
  • Good knowledge of Linux Kernel internals
  • A developer mindset to help build the right tools for our continual improvement
  • Solid coding skills in Python and a strong desire to automate
  • Experience within a high-performance computer environment where the result matters
  • Infrastructure-as-Code with an Ansible flavor
  • You are naturally curious about hardware and software, and how these interact
  • Knowledge of virtualization and networking
  • A proactive approach to problem solving
  • You are able to clearly explain your thoughts through written and verbal communication, ask the right questions, and are not afraid to challenge or defend a strategy
  • You seek out opportunities to leave your comfort zone and enjoy frequent change
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