Senior Linux Engineer

Tradeweb Europe Limited; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Hybrid Environment

401(k) Savings Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Tradeweb Europe Limited is seeking a skilled professional to join their Linux engineering team in Jersey City. The role involves designing system architecture, automating deployments, and ensuring security compliance in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in Linux administration, expertise in automation tools like Ansible, and knowledge of AWS services. This opportunity includes a hybrid work model and extensive benefits, including health insurance and 401(k) savings plans.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Linux-based roles.
• Strong knowledge of Linux platform including OS hardening and kernel optimization.
• Experience managing numerous Linux hosts and familiarity with RHEL.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement system architecture for Linux platforms.
• Take part in regular patching and automate systems builds.
• Work closely with the InfoSec team for security compliance.

Skills

Linux expertise

Systems administration

Automation experience

Networking knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Tradeweb Markets LLC ("Tradeweb") is proud to be an EEO Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled/Affirmative Action Employer.

Tradeweb Technology jobs are fully remote. The Tradeweb Technology hub is in our Jersey City office, which can be used for team meetings and collaboration efforts. There may be days where travel to the Jersey City office is recommended for organizational off sites.

Group Details

The Linux engineering team are responsible for Tradeweb’s Linux runtime environment. As a member of this global team, you will play a vital part in the strategy and operations of the firm. You will be heavily involved in the hardening of the OS, development and running of deployment tooling, and optimization of the platform for a low latency environment. In addition, you will also be asked to plan and execute the provisioning of new installations and the upgrades/patches of current deployments.

The preferred candidate is a self‑starter and well‑rounded professional with strong knowledge in systems, system administration, systems engineering, storage, security and networking. The candidate should be passionate about technology and eager to work with team members in a fast‑paced environment developing solutions supporting business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing system architecture and operational duties for the firm’s Linux platform across all business lines.
• Take part in regular patching of the Linux environment.
• Help drive efforts to further automate systems builds and patching
• Automate deployment and routine maintenance of the environment using pipelines.
• Build and deploy infrastructure, security and application monitoring tooling.
• Work closely with the InfoSec team to provide detailed and actionable system logs to the SOC.
• Define and monitor system SLA, build alarming and escalation procedures.
• Aid application teams to debug performance/availability issues and provide subject matter expertise to application support teams.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to support your environment.
• Perform detailed root cause analysis and write clear and detailed postmortem reports including suggested long‑term mitigation and remediation projects.
• Proactively monitor utilization and performance and recommend capacity management strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience).
• 10+ years of professional experience in Linux‑based roles, with demonstrated expertise in supporting, administering, and maintaining Linux operating systems in enterprise environments.
• Very strong knowledge of the Linux platform, including regular system administration, kernel optimization, OS hardening and the Linux networking stack.
• Experience managing thousands of Linux hosts in on‑prem environment
• Strong familiarization with RHEL is a plus
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Good understanding with various storage technologies and SAN/NAS protocols.
• Demonstrated experience debugging OS issues in a complex business environment.
• Experience with one or more virtualization environment in a production setting.
• Strong sense of system hygiene and attention to detail, focused on driving projects to completion.
• Strong proclivity for automation, including demonstrated experience building automated deployment tooling for Linux using Ansible or similar tools.
• Experience managing Kubernetes
• AWS cloud experience with EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, Glacier is a plus
• Demonstrated coding ability in system automation, preferred languages Python and bash.
• Experience in a low‑latency environment is a plus, e.g. Solarflare or OpenOnload
• Experience deploying and managing several infrastructure and application monitoring tools and using those tools to make data driven operational decisions.

Additional Information

Tradeweb is committed to providing valuable and competitive benefits. In addition to working in our culture of innovation and collaboration, we offer:

• Health Insurance: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
• Hybrid Environment: Our employees have the flexibility of working in the office and from home.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts: You may elect to set aside pre‑tax earnings to pay for eligible health care and dependent day care expenses for you and your eligible family members.
• Maven Family Building Benefit: Maven offers support for fertility and preconception; pregnancy and post‑partum; adoption; surrogacy and pediatrics for children up to age 10. Tradeweb provides a $10,000 lifetime reimbursement towards fertility, egg freezing, adoption and surrogacy expenses.
• Building Wealth - 401(k) Savings Plan: Employees are immediately eligible for the 401(k) plan. Participants may contribute up to 75% of eligible compensation into a traditional 401(k) and/or Roth 401(k). Tradeweb will match 100% of the first 4% of compensation that you contribute.
• The current pay range for this role is currently $ 200,000 to $250,000 per year, based on a regular, full‑time schedule. The amount of pay offered will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to qualifications, market data, and internal guidelines.
• This role will also be eligible to participate in Tradeweb’s discretionary bonus program.
• This role is expected to remain open until 8/3/2026.

Other Benefit Programs

• Pre‑Tax Commuter Benefits Program
• ARAG Legal Services
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Financial Wellness Tools
• Travel Assistance Benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Corporate Gym Subsidies
• Wellness Perks
• Paid Time Off and Parental Leave