Networks & Systems Administration (Information & Communication Technology)
Full time
Susquehanna is looking for a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to join our growing Infrastructure team in Sydney. This role is varied and will leverage your in-depth knowledge of Linux and associated hardware and software to maintain and optimise our systems. This role provides the opportunity to work with a wide range of technologies, including provisioning, configuration management, virtualisation, storage, networking, and more. After hours and on-call work is rare but may be required.
What you'll do
Support and optimise our APAC Linux estate; continuously improve our tools and pipelines to ensure that our systems scale as the company grows. Gain in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience of hardware and software configuration applicable to the trading space; OS optimisation, NICs & kernel tuning, core isolation. Work with/implement/support tooling/systems such as Puppet, Ansible, Openstack, VMWare, Kafka, Kubernetes, and a suite of monitoring/logging/reporting tools (CheckMK, Nagios, Prometheus, ELK, and more). Support and administer our storage and backup network infrastructure (Various SAN, NAS, DAS technologies such as NetAPP, Pure, GPFS & Vast). Engage in major projects such as rolling out new trading platforms, deploying new solutions as required by the business, and automating/enhancing existing systems. What you can expect from us:
Real Impact: By integrating sophisticated coding techniques with innovative engineering ideas, we design and optimise systems that can process massive amounts of data while ensuring high performance and stability.
Collaboration: Partner closely with our Infrastructure, Project Management, and Strategy Developer Teams to deliver and manage scalable and highly performant systems to support trading globally.
Growth: We don't expect prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services. We seek people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to continuously innovate, learn, and grow.
Benefits: Susquehanna offers a wide array of competitive employee perks & benefits.
What we're looking for:
A Linux engineer who prioritises team collaboration and enjoys deploying effective systems. Solid experience administering and working with Linux systems and associated tooling; knowledge of Data Centres/Hardware/trading systems is an advantage. Demonstrable skills with programming/scripting in Bash, Python, or other languages. Automation-focused with a proven track record of designing/delivering end-to-end systems and solutions. Equal Opportunity Statement: We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.
About Susquehanna: Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. Our culture fosters relentless problem solvers across Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research.
What we do: We are experts in trading all listed financial products and asset classes, focusing on derivatives trading while providing liquidity and competitive prices for buyers and sellers.
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