Hybrid Systems Support Engineer — Testing & Dev Platforms

Selby Jennings

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 95,000 - 130,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Selby Jennings seeks a Systems Support Engineer to support Linux-based development and testing environments used by a fast-paced electronic trading business in Chicago. You will work with engineering and operations teams to improve reliability and build monitoring, alerts, and automation for rapid issue identification.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting incidents, root cause analysis, and automating workflows with Python, Bash or Go, while collaborating with developers, QA, release

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of Linux systems or infrastructure experience.
  • Strong networking fundamentals, ideally including multicast.
  • Experience supporting distributed, high-availability systems.
  • Scripting or programming experience with Python, Bash, Go, Java, or similar.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or messaging technologies.
  • Experience with monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Support Linux-based development and UAT environments used by trading technology teams.
  • Improve consistency and reliability across testing and production environments.
  • Build monitoring, alerting, and automation to identify issues quickly.
  • Troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and prevent recurring problems.
  • Automate operational workflows using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
  • Partner with developers, QA, release engineering, and production teams.
  • Help maintain stable environments in a fast-moving, high-availability trading organization.

Skills

Linux systems
Networking basics
Distributed systems
Scripting languages
Kubernetes
Docker
AWS
Prometheus
Grafana
Splunk
Root cause analysis
AI-assisted tools
Real-time trading experience

Education

Technical degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes
Docker
AWS
Prometheus
Grafana
Splunk

Job description

Selby Jennings seeks a Systems Support Engineer to support Linux-based development and testing environments used by a fast-paced electronic trading business in Chicago. You will work with engineering and operations teams to improve reliability and build monitoring, alerts, and automation for rapid issue identification.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting incidents, root cause analysis, and automating workflows with Python, Bash or Go, while collaborating with developers, QA, release

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