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Senior Linux Systems Engineer

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Senior Linux Systems Engineer

This Senior Linux Systems Engineer position is fully onsite.

Responsibilities:

  • Work collaboratively with technology and business teams on all aspects of a global trading and research infrastructure.
  • Research and implement enhancements to infrastructure systems as well as automation and monitoring.
  • Explore and work with industry leading technology and hardware.
  • Work alongside industry experts in the fields of finance and technology.
  • Lead/mentor junior team members.
  • Take ownership of and lead projects from start to finish including design, roll out, and testing.
  • Work on challenging and dynamic problems in a team atmosphere.

Qualifications:

  • Past or present experience in the trading industry or at an exchange is required.
  • Low-Latency experience is required for this role.
  • 5+ years of experience with systems engineering oriented tasks.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or an equivalent field.
  • Strong Linux experience working with Linux servers in bare metal and virtualized environments.
  • Experience with scripting languages bash and Python and automation tools.
  • Understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
  • Financial or trading industry experience preferred.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must be willing to take ownership and lead others.
  • Problem solvers who are driven, self-motivated, and "outside of the box" thinkers.
  • Motivated, dependable, and responsible team players.

Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE.

Company Will Relocate Candidates To Chicago! Company Will Sponsor Candidates!

Vacancy posted 5 days ago
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