Summit Securities Group

Linux Systems Engineer

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Empowering Global Markets

Summit Securities Group provides liquidity and transparency to electronic financial markets across the globe. Our skilled team of cross-functional experts engage in quantitative and algorithmic trading to generate exceptional results in highly competitive and rapidly changing global financial markets.

The Role

As a Linux Systems Engineer, you will help improve performance and maintain the health of our mission critical trading and research systems. You will build, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot various elements of our production environment.

The Team

As a member of the Systems Engineering team, you will work closely with a talented team and collaborate with stakeholders across engineering(software, hardware and systems), research, operations and trading.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full server lifecycle; from build to deploying new solutions
  • Monitor our production environment for issues
  • Troubleshoot an assortment of technical Issues in both hardware and software
  • Work with physical hardware at office and datacenters
  • Respond and resolve incident tickets within required response times
  • Research new technologies and solutions, implement them, or build better ones (!)
  • Communicate effectively with all levels of employees and outside contacts.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience administering Linux systems (preferably enterprise)
  • Experience deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting Linux systems
  • Experience with Linux CLI/Shell, debugging tools, and working with the network stack
  • Comfort with virtualized or containerized environments
  • Independent orientation
  • Ability to navigate competing deadlines and prioritize effectively
  • Up for travel ~30% of the time (mostly to data centers to manage servers and network hardware

Bonus

  • Linux certifications are highly preferred (RHCSA/RHCE or similar from Linux Foundation)
  • Familiarity with Zabbix, RH Satelite, RH IdM
  • Experience with Ceph, Openstack, Kubernetes

We Offer

The Base Salary Range is $80,000.00 - $120,000.00. These ranges are representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Summit Securities Group. Which range a candidate fits into and where a candidate falls in the range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. These ranges represent Base Salary only, which is just one element of our total compensation. The ranges stated do not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses.

We offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. We believe that working together in person helps solve the complex challenges we solve. We require employees to be in the office 3 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing colleagues.

Our top priority is our people. We invest in a culture that promotes togetherness, helping each other through challenges and celebrating each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by having diverse high-performance workforces — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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  • Seniority level

    Entry level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Information Technology
  • Industries

    Financial Services

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