Senior Linux Systems Engineer for High-Performance Trading

Akuna Capital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Akuna Capital in Singapore is seeking a Systems Engineer to own and improve Akuna’s Linux server platform health in a high-performance trading environment.

You will automate daily tasks, develop scripts, and contribute to deployment, monitoring, and reliability across data centers and on-site infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years in systems engineering, strong Linux, Kubernetes, automation skills, and excellent English communication, with STEM degree preferred.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of systems engineering experience.
• Advanced experience with a variety of Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.).
• Experience in managing and running services within K8s clusters.
• Automation of daily software and hardware tasks using Python or Bash.
• Experience with build and configuration management tools (Ansible/Rundeck, Foreman).
• Experience with system monitoring and alerting tools (Nagios, Prometheus, Alertmanager).
• Experience in virtualization and orchestration platforms like VMware, Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Experience with storage platforms/protocols.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
• Linux kernel and low latency performance tuning.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Troubleshooting multicast and TCP related performance issues.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot issues.
• Good English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Investigate new products and techniques to improve efficiency and performance in the environment.
• Management of Akuna’s server infrastructure at third party and local data centres.
• Additional day-to-day responsibilities include system analysis, monitoring, and performance tuning, as well as additional support as required.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Kubernetes

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Automation tools

Monitoring

VMware

Terraform

PostgreSQL/MySQL

English communication

Multicast/TCP tuning

CI/CD tooling

Education

STEM degree (Bachelors, Masters or PhD)

Tools

Docker

Rundeck

Foreman

Ansible

Job description

Akuna Capital in Singapore is seeking a Systems Engineer to own and improve Akuna’s Linux server platform health in a high-performance trading environment.

You will automate daily tasks, develop scripts, and contribute to deployment, monitoring, and reliability across data centers and on-site infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years in systems engineering, strong Linux, Kubernetes, automation skills, and excellent English communication, with STEM degree preferred.