Senior Linux Platform Engineer

Qube Research & Technologies; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global quantitative investment manager located in London seeks a skilled Linux Engineer to manage and evolve their Linux platform. Responsibilities include designing automation frameworks and analyzing performance across systems. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in Linux, experience with monitoring tools, and solid programming skills in Python. This role offers a collaborative work environment focused on high-quality performance and innovation.

Benefits

Healthy work-life balance initiatives

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Linux (preferably Red Hat-based distributions).
• Experience building large-scale or latency-sensitive platforms.
• Solid programming skills in Python and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Manage and evolve QRT's Linux platform to support global trading environments.
• Lead the design and implementation of automation frameworks and processes.
• Analyse and tune performance across systems, networks, and applications.

Skills

Linux expertise

Automation framework experience

Monitoring tools experience

Programming in Python

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Ansible

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology- and data-driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset, which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT's culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high-quality returns for our investors.

Your Future Role within QRT

You will join the global infrastructure team, responsible for QRT's Linux estate, including trading infrastructure and low-latency platforms. The team works closely with application and support functions to deliver secure, high-performance, and scalable solutions for the business.

• Manage and evolve QRT's Linux platform to support global trading environments
• Work with application and support teams to maintain a secure and scalable infrastructure
• Lead the design and implementation of automation frameworks, tools, and processes
• Contribute to the development of monitoring and observability capabilities
• Analyse and tune performance across systems, networks, and applications
• Support build/release management processes
• Collaborate within a version-controlled development environment

Your Present Skillset

• Strong expertise in Linux (preferably Red Hat-based distributions)
• Experience building and administering large-scale or latency-sensitive platforms
• Extensive experience with architecture and long-term evolution of automation and configuration management systems (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Splunk, Elastic, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience with build/release management systems.
• Solid programming skills in Python and Bash (C/C++ is a plus)
• Detailed understanding of server network stack, network protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP, IGMP, LAN and WAN technologies)
• Experience of performance analysis and tuning
• Experience working in a collaborative development environment using source control
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Effective communication and teamwork skills

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.