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Linux Engineer - Quant Trading

Entec Partners

Job Description

As a Linux Engineer on the infrastructure team, you will design, implement, and maintain the high-performance Linux environments that power trading systems and research platform.

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You'll be responsible for ensuring the stability, security, and optimal performance of the Linux infrastructure while working closely with trading technologists, researchers, and developers to meet the exacting demands of low-latency trading and data-intensive research workloads.

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Key Responsibilities

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  • Design, implement, and maintain high-performance Linux environments optimized for low latency trading applications
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  • Build and manage the kernel configurations, network stack tuning, and system optimizations required for nanosecond-level performance
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Requirements

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  • 5+ years of hands-on experience administering Linux systems in high-performance environments
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  • Deep understanding of Linux kernel internals, system tuning, and performance optimization
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  • Experience with modern Linux distributions (CentOS/RHEL, Ubuntu) and their packaging systems
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  • Proficiency in Python for automation and tooling development
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  • Knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and tuning for low-latency applications
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  • Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
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  • Understanding of modern containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
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  • Knowledge of FPGA, kernel bypass technologies, or specialized networking hardware
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  • Experience with high-performance computing environments or distributed systems
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  • Experience with real-time or specialized Linux kernel variants
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Vacancy posted 22 days ago
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