Data Infrastructure Engineer: Storage & Performance

IMC Trading; Illinois; On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC Trading is seeking an Engineer to join the Data Engineering Infrastructure team. You will build and scale storage and data platforms powering our HFT business, operating large-scale open-source and enterprise storage, and tuning Linux systems for peak performance.

You will automate deployment with Ansible or Puppet, build observability with Prometheus, and collaborate with teams to deliver robust data solutions centered on storage and Kafka. Familiarity with Kubernetes is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering with a focus on data storage.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and performance tuning for I/O throughput.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management and automation (Ansible and Puppet).
• Familiarity with open-source, S3 API–compliant, and enterprise storage tech.
• Working knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem including YARN.
• Experience in Java and Python.
• Comfort using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude) in an enterprise setting.
• Experience with Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate large-scale data storage infrastructure (Hadoop, S3-compatible, enterprise storage).
• Tune Linux systems for I/O throughput and overall performance.
• Automate configuration and deployment using Ansible, Puppet, or other automation platforms.
• Build observability into the platform with Prometheus and related tooling.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver reliable data storage solutions focusing on Storage and Kafka.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized environments.

Skills

Linux fundamentals

Performance tuning

Ansible

Puppet

Open-source storage

S3-compatible storage

Hadoop/YARN

Java

Python

Kafka

Prometheus monitoring

Kubernetes

Claude AI tools

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Prometheus

Kubernetes

Hadoop

Job description

IMC Trading is seeking an Engineer to join the Data Engineering Infrastructure team. You will build and scale storage and data platforms powering our HFT business, operating large-scale open-source and enterprise storage, and tuning Linux systems for peak performance.

You will automate deployment with Ansible or Puppet, build observability with Prometheus, and collaborate with teams to deliver robust data solutions centered on storage and Kafka. Familiarity with Kubernetes is a plus.