Senior Linux Engineer

Drweng; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401k with discretionary employer match

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

DRW is actively seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to join the Linux Engineering Team. The role focuses on building a highly performant, scalable, and stable Linux infrastructure to support trading desks, developers, and internal users.

You will collaborate with a global team, automate tasks, and contribute to the deployment and maintenance of DRW’s Linux environments, ensuring reliability and low-latency performance in a demanding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Scripting and automation experience (Bash, Python, or similar).
• Extensive Linux support in large-scale, HA environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a global Linux Engineering team on projects, changes, and on-call schedules.
• Serve as liaison between the Linux Engineering team and trading desks/teams.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain DRW's Linux environments declaratively and repeatedly.
• Monitor health of the Linux server ecosystem and perform daily troubleshooting.
• Package applications and maintain software repositories.
• Automate repetitive system administration tasks.
• Evaluate and recommend new hardware and software technologies.

Skills

Automation mindset

On-call coordination

Scripting proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

DRW is actively seeking a Senior Linux Engineer for our Linux Engineering Team.

The Linux Engineering Team is responsible for providing a highly performant, scalable, and stable infrastructure that enables trading desks, developers, and our internal customers to run their applications as efficiently and deterministically as possible. Our team takes pride in leaving our environment cleaner than we found it and ensuring our users have a consistent experience.

We don’t just churn through tickets; we actively engage with our users and seek to understand what they need from their Linux environment. We need internally motivated people who take ownership of issues and projects, and consistently follow through. If you have a strong belief in automation, consistency, scalability, and simple design, you’ll be right at home.

What you’ll be working on:

• Collaborating with a global Linux Engineering team for coordinating work, engineering projects, changes, and on-call schedules
• Serving as a liaison between theLinux Engineering team and various trading desks and teams
• Configuring, deploying and maintaining DRW’s Linux environments in a declarative and repeatable manner
• Actively monitoring the health of our entire Linux server environment; performing day to day troubleshooting
• Application packaging and maintenance of software repositories
• Automating repetitive system administration tasks
• Evaluating and recommending new hardware and software technologies or solutions

You will bean ideal member of the team if you have:

• Experience working with configuration management tools, ideally Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Scripting and automation experience with one or more of the following: Bash, Python, or another high-level programming language
• Extensive Linux support and engineering experience in a large (10,000+ server) high availability environment
• Strong knowledge of Red Hat-based and Debian-based platforms (CentOS, Rocky, Alma, Oracle, Ubuntu)
• Solid understanding of protocols such as Kerberos, DNS, and DHCP, and applications like Kubernetes, VMware, and Openstack.
• Previous experience tuning and debugging Linux systems for high performance, low latency trading applications
• A firm understanding of IP networking, routing, and multicast traffic

The annual base salary range for this position is $200,000 to $250,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

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