Senior Linux Engineer

tp

Manila

On-site

PHP 1,000,000 - 1,300,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

TP ICAP Group in Manila seeks a Senior Linux System Administrator/Engineer to support and manage the Red Hat Linux estate across on-premises, virtual, and cloud environments. You will join the Global Linux Team, handling production reliability, incident response, and automation initiatives, with a mid-shift start (2pm PHT).

Prior experience in financial services is preferred and collaboration with IT teams is essential.

Qualifications

Experience managing Linux/Unix server infrastructure in a financial services environment.
Strong scripting in Bash or Ansible and experience with AWS workloads.
Familiarity with ITIL processes and incident management.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day administration of Unix/Linux servers and storage.
Handle incident response, remediation, and deployment of new technologies.
Perform ITIL-aligned requests and tasks per standards.
Collaborate with project teams for smooth server transitions.
Document system architectures and DR procedures.
Improve infrastructure efficiency and automation.
Support TP ICAP's file transfer system (JScape) incidents and requests.

Skills

Linux System Administration

Red Hat Linux

SUSE MLM knowledge

AWS server workloads

Bash/Ansible scripting

IT operations

Networking TCP/IP

Mentoring teammates

Communication skills

Tools

VMware

Confluence/Jira

REALMD

SFTP/SSH

HP kit

Cisco UCS Blade

UCS

Job description

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.

Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Role Overview

The ideal candidate will be a Senior Linux System Administrator/Engineer with strong Linux knowledge and experience on physical, virtual and cloud-based servers. The candidate will be part of the Global Linux Team supporting and managing the majority Redhat Linux estate using available tools and utilities. An ideal candidate would have experience working within a financial institution or similar environment. A successful candidate will be required to work the mid shift (2pm PHT start time)

Role Responsibilities

Responsible for providing technical support for the Unix Server Infrastructure (both OS and Hardware), including day to day administration of Servers, incident response and remediation, as well as implementation of new technologies. It is extremely important to the company that production server and storage systems offer the highest reliability and performance possible.
To carry out Requests and Tasks as per ITIL standard requirements.
To provide solutions and root cause analysis of system performance and failure related issues.
To work on projects and provide close liaison with project teams to ensure the smooth transition of new servers, functionality, software tools and initiatives into the Production environment.
To work closely with management, team members, and all colleagues in IT.
To review & recommend options to improve the effectiveness of the Linux infrastructure and Linux estate.
To establish / maintain best practices, processes and procedures to underpin the operations of the business.
Creation / maintenance of full system documentation, including DR documentation.
Innovation - continually looking at ways to improve infrastructure, for a faster and more efficient environment.
Maintains the operational health of the systems infrastructure and supports Applications and Users which are dependent upon the company's infrastructure.
Drive standards and document reference architecture based on requirements from business, application development and operations to help achieve a state-of-the-art environment that meets current and future business objectives.
Supports TP ICAP's core file transfer system (JScape) for both incidents and requests.

Experience / Competences

Essential

The Senior Linux/Unix Engineer shall have expert understanding of Linux based operating systems, especially Redhat and SUSE MLM. Knowledge of Linux server and storage architecture within a financial services environment is a must.
Must have extensive experience of supporting Unix/Linux server infrastructure, along with a strong understanding IT operations of IT core infrastructure, theories, principles, and practices
Strong Knowledge of Virtualization concepts
Strong knowledge and experience of managing AWS server workloads.
Strong knowledge of Bash shell scripting and/or Ansible.
Security focused to avoid vulnerabilities and harden servers' OS.
TCP/IP networking concepts.
Proven experience of mentoring and guiding colleagues with both technical, and non-technical processes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Service oriented, adaptable, and resilient
Collaborative team player who is goal-orientated and fully committed.
Strong organisational skills and ability to successfully manage multiple tasks
Ability to articulate problems with a mind-set of simplifying, automating and challenging the status quo
Strong decision-making skills and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, client service orientation and resilience
Conscientious, self-motivated and goal orientated
Strong numerical and analytical skills
Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language