Systems Administrator – Linux

Up to $80K

Responsibilities:
-Member of a small team responsible for maintaining the infrastructure used by quantitative researchers for statistical analysis.
-Provide first level support for data archives and computer infrastructure. This infrastructure is evolving quickly, and you will work with all of the impacted parties to ensure that these evolutions occur with minimal impact to production usage and support the environment at a world-class level.
-Manage applications which capture market data and prepare the data for consumption by archive clients.
-Manage the day-to-day operation of grid infrastructure.
-Verify the integrity of the archived data and resolve data integrity issues.
-Act as a primary support contact for Quant users for archive and grid issues and concerns.
-Maintain grid and archive usage and chargeback reporting systems.

Qualifications:
-2+ years Unix/Linux system administration experience.
-A strong understanding of basic Linux conventions and usage.
-Networked filesystems (i.e. NFS).
-Compiling, installing, troubleshooting Linux software packages (Apache, MySQL, etc.).
-IP Networking in a Linux environment.
-2+ years scripting experience in either Perl or Python (Python is preferred).
-2+ years C++ programming experience.
-Experience with grid computing, data archiving and systems monitoring desired.
-Experience with electronic trading systems desired.
-JavaScript scripting experience.
-System performance tuning and application monitoring experience desired.
-Experience in grid computing, data archiving and systems monitoring desired.
-Ability to manage applications and processes in a distributed and clustered environment.
-Demonstrated troubleshooting experience.
-Keen eye for process and automation improvements and ability to discern issue patterns with performance, reliability, or data integrity.
-Ability to exercise appropriate judgment when managing system incidents, including communicating with users and technicians and taking decisive action.
-Demonstrated drive and persistence to get to the bottom of an issue or to complete a task when confronted with obstacles.
-Team player and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
-Ability to participate in on-call rotation.
-Excellent communication and documentation skills.

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