Senior Compute Engineering Lead — On-Prem Platform

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. is seeking a Compute Engineering Lead to own the on-premises compute platform.

This senior, hands-on leader will architect, implement, and govern compute infrastructure, working directly with Portfolio Managers and business stakeholders to meet their needs and enable efficient use of resources. You will scale and harden the environment, leverage open and closed source software, partner with developers, and participate in on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on experience with large-scale compute environments.
• 5+ years people management experience.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes from infra and application perspectives.
• Experience managing bare metal compute at scale.
• IP network performance tuning and routing experience.
• Comfortable writing Python.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Responsibilities

• Be the hands-on manager and leader of compute infrastructure.
• Scale and harden our compute infrastructure to provide a robust and resilient environment for researchers and investment professionals.
• Leverage both open and closed source software solutions.
• Partner with application developers across the firm and enable their success.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance.

Skills

Leadership

Python programming

Disaster recovery planning

Network performance tuning

Tools

Kubernetes

Bare metal management

Linux

Job description

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. is seeking a Compute Engineering Lead to own the on-premises compute platform.

This senior, hands-on leader will architect, implement, and govern compute infrastructure, working directly with Portfolio Managers and business stakeholders to meet their needs and enable efficient use of resources. You will scale and harden the environment, leverage open and closed source software, partner with developers, and participate in on-call rotation.