Senior Virtualization Engineer

DRW; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DRW is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Virtualization team to guide the OpenStack-based platform design and implementation. You will influence architectural decisions, set engineering standards, and ensure cost-efficiency and performance.

You will own the platform, automate tasks, coach engineers, and provide on-call resilience in a fast-paced trading environment, collaborating across compute, storage, and network teams.

Qualifications

• Expert level OpenStack administration.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking and storage.
• Proficiency with Terraform and Ansible for IaC.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve infrastructure, processes, and standards for DRW’s Virtualization platform.
• Relentlessly automate repetitive manual tasks.
• Design, implement, and manage OpenStack clouds, including deployment, configuration, and maintenance of OpenStack components.
• Diagnose and rectify complex problems involving multiple teams related to OpenStack including compute, storage, and networking issues.
• Provide exceptional customer service to our platform’s users.
• Coach engineers on best practices, help investigate outages, set a high standard for operational and technical excellence.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues in a high-intensity trading environment as part of an on-call rotation.

Skills

OpenStack administration

Networking

Storage

Linux

Virtualization fundamentals

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Golang

Bash

Tools

VMware ESXi

Kubernetes

OpenStack tooling

Job description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

The Virtualization team provides scalable on-premises compute for DRW’s trading desks, data scientists, and enterprise application teams. Our goal is to enable teams to keep focused on their business goals by providing simple, scalable solutions with off the shelf tools and the right amount of focused engineering. We're looking for a Senior Engineer for our Virtualization team who will help guide the design and implementation of a new OpenStack-based virtualization platform. In this role you will help guide key architectural decisions for this platform, set engineering standards, identify and eliminate risks, and ensure optimal performance and cost-efficiency.

Our philosophy:

• We believe in relentless automation of repetitive tasks.
• We have the curiosity and drive to dig deep and find creative solutions.
• We believe our goal is to find the right solution rather than always being right.
• We provide exceptional customer service to our teams and trading desks.
• We care more that the right thing is done than about rigid job descriptions or boundaries.

What you’ll do:

• Own and improve infrastructure, processes, and standards for DRW’s Virtualization platform.
• Relentlessly automate repetitive manual tasks.
• Design, implement, and manage OpenStack clouds, including deployment, configuration, and maintenance of OpenStack components.
• Diagnose and rectify complex problems involving multiple teams related to OpenStack including compute, storage, and networking issues.
• Provide exceptional customer service to our platform’s users.
• Coach engineers on best practices, help investigate outages, set a high standard for operational and technical excellence.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues in a high-intensity trading environment as part of an on-call rotation.

Your background:

• Expert level proficiency in administration of OpenStack.
• Deep knowledge of networking, storage, Linux, and virtualization fundamentals.
• Proficiency with industry-standard IAC tooling (e.g. Terraform, Ansible).
• Scripting/Coding experience in multiple languages (e.g. Python, Golang, Bash).
• Experience maintaining/deploying/configuring server hardware and deploying virtual machines.
• A service focused attitude: you ask questions and focus on getting the right resources and solutions to people instead of rigid boundaries.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. You can work across teams and have evidence-based discussions on technical and operational topics.
• You enjoy leading by example. You cultivate technical excellence and soft skills in your team members.

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience with VMWare ESXi.
• Experience with Containerization / Kubernetes.
• Experience developing, deploying, and supporting full stack web applications.
• Experience with multiple programming languages in both greenfield development and legacy maintenance.

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