Senior Systems Engineer: Linux, Kubernetes & Low-Latency

New Era Technology Au; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Akuna Capital is a dynamic trading firm focused on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data-driven solutions and automation. We design and implement low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models to provide liquidity as an options market maker.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will investigate new products, manage server infrastructure across data centres, and perform system analysis, monitoring and performance tuning to ensure peak efficiency.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of systems engineering experience.
• Advanced experience with multiple Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.).
• Experience in managing and running services within Kubernetes clusters.
• Automation scripting in Python or Bash is preferred.
• Experience with build/configuration tools (Ansible/Rundeck, Puppet, Foreman).
• Experience with monitoring/alerting tools (Icinga/Nagios, Prometheus, Alertmanager).
• Experience in virtualization/orchestration platforms like VMware, Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Experience supporting storage platforms/protocols.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
• Linux kernel and low latency performance tuning.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and MySQL databases.
• Troubleshooting multicast and TCP related performance issues.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot issues.

Responsibilities

• Investigate new products and techniques to improve efficiency and performance.
• Manage Akuna's server infrastructure at data centres.
• System analysis, monitoring and performance tuning; provide day-to-day support.

Skills

4-6 years of systems engineering

Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu)

Kubernetes cluster management

Python Bash scripting

Automation/configuration tools (Anible

Monitoring (Icinga Nagios Prometheus)

VMware Terraform orchestration

PostgreSQL MySQL

CI/CD pipelines

Education

STEM degree (Bachelors, Masters or PhD)

Tools

Kubernetes

Ansible

Rundeck

Puppet

Foreman

Icinga Nagios

Prometheus

Terraform

VMware

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Akuna Capital is a dynamic trading firm focused on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data-driven solutions and automation. We design and implement low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models to provide liquidity as an options market maker.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will investigate new products, manage server infrastructure across data centres, and perform system analysis, monitoring and performance tuning to ensure peak efficiency.