Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer (IaC)

The Voleon Group; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

The Voleon Group is seeking a Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer to automate and maintain robust IT infrastructure. This pivotal role focuses on ensuring high availability and performance through modern DevOps practices, leveraging strong expertise in Linux and scripting languages. Join a collaborative environment where innovation is embraced, working alongside seasoned engineers in the field.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

20 days of paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux system administration.
• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP and Linux fundamentals.
• Experience with Configuration Management and IAC tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated Linux systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Implement metrics, monitoring, and alerting systems.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for infrastructure support.

Skills

Linux Administration

Scripting

Automation

Troubleshooting

IAC Tools

Python

Network Protocols

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Prometheus

Job description

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

As a Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer, you'll build, automate, and maintain robust IT infrastructure. You’ll ensure high availability, security, and performance through automation and modern DevOps practices. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Linux environments, scripting, automation, and troubleshooting complex system issues. You will play a key role in maintaining system uptime, implementing security best practices, optimizing performance, and supporting a growing, dynamic team of software, research, and systems engineers.

Your Team

We look for brilliant people with a passion for solving problems through innovation and engineering fundamentals. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and efficient implementation. We embrace experimentation. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers recruited from leading technology companies and universities. You and your team will collaborate closely with top machine learning researchers.

We seek to hire someone in the following locations: Sacramento, Berkeley, or New York City.

Responsibilities

• Use programming and IAC tools to build highly automated and scalable Linux systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Design and implement components that are highly available and self-healing.
• Create comprehensive metrics, monitoring, dashboard, and alerting systems in all areas of the infrastructure.
• Implement systems and network security principles in all aspects of the environment.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Linux system administration (preferably in production environments).
• In-depth understanding of Linux fundamentals around filesystems, process scheduling, virtual memory, and other base primitives.
• In-depth understanding of the TCP/IP network protocol and addressing.
• Proficiency in using HTTP APIs in Python, Golang, or an equivalent language.
• Experience with Configuration Management platform (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Pulumi)
• Experience with metrics, monitoring, and visualization tools. (Prometheus, Influx, Datadog)

Preferred (Nice-to-Have)

• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Github Actions)
• Experience with containers and container orchestration.
• Basic HPC cluster familiarity.

Compensation

The base salary for this position is $170,000 to $205,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation, such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program

If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program .

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

Vaccination Requirement

The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.

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