Research Technology Engineer

Berkeley Square IT; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Financial Technology firm in London is looking for a Senior Lead Linux Systems Administrator. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of high-end Linux System Administration experience, with strong skills in Bash and Python automation. You will coordinate data center design and manage orchestration for compute clusters, having expertise in large-scale distributed systems. This is an impactful role with substantial resources.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in high-end Linux System Administration.
• Experience with network switching and routing.
• Proficient in coding with Python and another statically typed language.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the design of data center infrastructure.
• Manage orchestration and observability for compute clusters.
• Automate processes using Bash and Python.

Skills

Linux System Administration

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Networking expertise

Large-scale distributed systems

Coding skills in C/Golang/Rust

Job description

Our client a leadingFinancial Technology firm. Is in need of a Lead Linux Systems Administrator.

You will be joining the team in a Senior position.

The key responsibilities include:Coordinating the design of their data center, selecting the right hardware, and tuning operating systems, storage, and networks. You will manage orchestration and observability, including writing software for the fair and efficient distribution of work on their compute cluster.

This a full-stack teambuilding one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, which underpins all research for trading - huge impact, in a small team, with enormous resources.

The ideal candidate should have:

• Previous direct experience of high end Linux System Administrationin a similar setting with large-scale compute, with an expectation of 5-10 years of experience in a relevant setting.
• Lots of Linux automation. Heavy scripting in Bash and Python to automate. Plus points you can work with C/Golang/Rust.
• NETWORKING:
  
  • Have you got experience working with network switching / routing, would you know how to build a distributed network across a large cluster?
• An excellentworking knowledge of large-scale distributed systems.
• Clear working knowledge and hands-on experience in computer networks, covering design, configuration, monitoring and automation.
  
• Strong coding skills, with a preference for recent exposure to Python and proficiency in at least one statically typed language.
• Are you comfortableworking at exabyte and petabyte scale in terms of storage?
• Your expertise should extend to large-scale infrastructure management, utilising code for hardware performance evaluation, automated builds, patching, application deployment, domain environment management (DHCP/DNS/data locality, etc.), and observability (monitoring and alerting) in storage.
• Utilising knowledge from multiple layers of the technology stack (network/hardware/OS/software) to produce an optimal result.

If you meet these criteria, we encourage you to apply.