Senior Linux Engineer — High-Availability Trading Infra

DRW

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 250,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401k with employer match

Short and long-term disability

Life and AD&D insurance

Health savings accounts

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

DRW, a diversified trading firm headquartered in Chicago, is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to join the Linux Engineering Team. You will help provide a high-performance, scalable Linux infrastructure enabling traders, developers, and internal customers to run applications efficiently.

The role emphasizes automation, ownership, and a clean, deterministic environment across geographies. You will collaborate with a global team, configure and deploy Linux environments declaratively, monitor system

Qualifications

Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
Scripting/automation experience in Bash, Python or similar
Extensive Linux engineering in large (10,000+ servers) HA environment
Strong knowledge of Red Hat-based platforms (RHEL family)
Strong knowledge of Debian-based platforms (Debian/Ubuntu)
Solid understanding of networking concepts (IP, DNS, DHCP) and familiarity with Kubernetes, VMware, OpenStack

Responsibilities

Collaborate with global Linux Engineering team to coordinate projects and on-call schedules
Serve as liaison between Linux Engineering and trading desks/teams
Configure, deploy, and maintain Linux environments in a declarative, repeatable manner
Monitor health of the Linux server environment and troubleshoot daily
Package applications and maintain software repositories
Evaluate and recommend new hardware/software technologies or solutions