Senior Linux Engineer: High-Performance Trading Infra

Tradermath; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

DRW is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to join the Linux Engineering Team in Chicago. You will help deliver a highly performant, scalable Linux infrastructure used by trading desks, developers, and internal customers.

You will own configuration, deployment, and day-to-day operation of Linux environments, while actively engaging with users to understand needs and drive automation, reliability, and scale.

Qualifications

• Extensive Linux support and engineering in large high-availability environments.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Scripting/automation in Bash, Python, or similar language.
• Strong knowledge of Red Hat-based and Debian-based platforms (CentOS, Rocky, Alma, Oracle, Ubuntu).
• Understanding of Kerberos, DNS, DHCP; Kubernetes, VMware, OpenStack.
• Experience tuning Linux for high-performance, low-latency trading apps.
• Solid IP networking knowledge (routing, multicast).

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Scripting & automation

Linux engineering

High-availability infrastructure

IP networking

Tools

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Bash

Python

Kubernetes

VMware

OpenStack

Red Hat

Ubuntu/Debian

Job description

DRW is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to join the Linux Engineering Team in Chicago. You will help deliver a highly performant, scalable Linux infrastructure used by trading desks, developers, and internal customers.

You will own configuration, deployment, and day-to-day operation of Linux environments, while actively engaging with users to understand needs and drive automation, reliability, and scale.