Senior OpenStack & Virtualization Architect

P2P; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 220,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance and dental

Vision insurance

401k with match

Disability insurance

Job summary

DRW in Chicago seeks a Senior OpenStack/Virtualization Engineer to own and advance our on-prem OpenStack platform. You will design, deploy, and maintain cloud components, while automating workflows and guiding architectural decisions for performance and cost-efficiency.

You will partner with trading desks, data scientists, and enterprise apps, delivering reliable service and mentoring peers toward technical excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Expert level proficiency in administration of OpenStack.
• Deep knowledge of networking, storage, Linux, and virtualization fundamentals.
• Proficiency with industry-standard IAC tooling (Terraform, Ansible).
• Scripting/Coding experience in multiple languages (Python, Golang, Bash).
• Experience maintaining/deploying/configuring server hardware and deploying virtual machines.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve infrastructure, processes, and standards for DRW’s Virtualization platform.
• Relentlessly automate repetitive manual tasks.
• Design, implement, and manage OpenStack clouds, including deployment, configuration, and maintenance of OpenStack components.
• Diagnose and rectify complex problems involving multiple teams related to OpenStack including compute, storage, and networking issues.
• Provide exceptional customer service to our platform’s users.
• Coach engineers on best practices, help investigate outages, set a high standard for operational and technical excellence.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues in a high-intensity trading environment as part of an on-call rotation.

Skills

OpenStack admin

Networking

Storage

Linux

Virtualization

Python

Golang

Bash

Server hardware

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

DRW in Chicago seeks a Senior OpenStack/Virtualization Engineer to own and advance our on-prem OpenStack platform. You will design, deploy, and maintain cloud components, while automating workflows and guiding architectural decisions for performance and cost-efficiency.

You will partner with trading desks, data scientists, and enterprise apps, delivering reliable service and mentoring peers toward technical excellence in a fast-paced environment.