Linux Engineer - Ansible - Low Latency Trading

Excellent opportunity for broadly skilled Linux Engineer with a passion for Ultra Low Latency systems Trading. The successful candidate will join a small, focussed team and build out the infrastructure for an institutional grade fully UK-regulated trading venue for digital assets.

Role

• Provision of Exchange infrastructure, including server hardware, Linux OS and applications
• Second-line support of exchange infrastructure
• Provision of monitoring, management and alerting of Exchange infrastructure
• Provision of support to the Exchange Operations team to assist in daily exchange operations and resolving operational issues
• Working with the Security team to implement corporate security policies to ensure our IT environments adhere to internal and industry-standard policies and practices
• Propose and lead projects that improve our production environments
• Creation of technical documentation
• Contribution to Exchange design and architecture discussions

Requirements

• No more than 7-10 years administering and deploying Debian and Redhat-based Linux solutions
• Practical exposure to Ansible, Puppet or similar configuration management tools
• Experience with configuring and managing resilient, low-latency environments is particularly welcome
• Experience with deployment and operations of virtualization platforms
• Exposure to configuring and extending the Zabbix monitoring platform or similar
• Familiarity with Firewall and VPN appliance management
• Demonstratable skills with orchestration and automation tools, including Scripting languages such as Bash/Shell, Perl, and Python
• Exposure to Redhat IdM or similar Identity Management platforms, including practical LDAP skills
• Self-starter and independent, able to work within a team. Detail-oriented with a structured approach to managing workload
• Capable of interacting with different teams throughout the organization and also with external clients to identify/resolve technical issues in a professional and effective manner
• Ability to write clear, concise and comprehensive documentation for processes and systems
• Practical experience with managing vendors and in proposing and evaluating new hardware and software solutions and their associated processes
• Strong command of spoken and written English
• Previous working experience in an Exchange or HFT environment

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