Senior Systems Engineer: Cloud, VMware & HPC Lead

Voloridge Investment Management, LLC; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing bonus

Health, dental, vision, life, and long

401k

Job summary

Voloridge Investment Management seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to support and maintain all server operating systems and services, including enterprise virtualization (VMware vSphere), cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and data center operations in Jupiter, FL.

You will drive automation, patching, backups, incident analysis, and performance tuning, while collaborating with research and infrastructure teams on high-density compute environments and lift-and-shift migrations to the cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, information science, or related field.
• 7+ years progressive systems administration in enterprise environments.
• 5+ years administering an Enterprise virtualization product (VMware vSphere preferred).
• 5+ years cloud knowledge (AWS and/or Azure).
• Experience with backups, restore validation, and air-gap strategies.
• Experience with enterprise storage platforms (SAN/NAS).
• Ability to work in Jupiter Office 4+ days per week.

Responsibilities

• Participate in supporting and maintaining all Server Operating Systems and services.
• Maintain system patching, backups, and performance tuning.
• Perform root cause analysis on incidents on supported systems.
• Increase automation in VM provisioning and configuration.
• Data center operations: rack/storage, cable management.
• Administer cloud portals including AWS and Azure.
• Set up and configure new cloud-based environments; recommend best practices.
• Lift-and-shift migrations for workloads to cloud; collaborate with teams.

Skills

Server administration

VMware vSphere

AWS/Azure

Backup & restore

SAN/NAS storage

Windows Server

Linux

Kubernetes

Docker

Security hardening

CrowdStrike

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

VMware Horizon

Zerto SRM

CrowdStrike

Kubernetes

Docker

Dell/EMC Isilon

Pure Storage

Job description

Voloridge Investment Management was founded by David Vogel in 2009 and is based in Jupiter, FL. We incorporate advanced data science and mathematics into our systematic, market neutral investment strategies to exploit alpha opportunities we consider unique in financial markets. Our firm is comprised of award-winning predictive modelers, experienced data analysts, advanced technologists, and a group of dynamic business professionals.

Under the general direction of IT leadership, the Senior System Administrator performs a variety of technical tasks in the area of computer systems and networks.

Summary Of Job Functions

• Participate in supporting and maintaining all Server Operating Systems and services
• Maintain system patching, ensure current backups, analyze systems for performance tuning
• Perform root cause analysis on incidents on supported systems hardware and OS/software
• Increase/improve automation in the areas of Virtual Machine provisioning & configuration
• Data center operations - rack and stack new servers & storage, cable management for storage and networking
• Ability to administer cloud portals including Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure
• Set up and configure new cloud-based environments; must be able to recommend best practices
• Knowledge of lift and shift migration techniques for workloads from on-premises to cloud
• Collaborate with research and infrastructure teams on high-performance and high-density compute environments
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or another related field
• 7+ years of progressive systems administration experience in enterprise environments
• 5+ years administering an Enterprise Virtualization product (VMware vSphere preferred)
• 5+ Years Cloud Knowledge (AWS and/or Azure plus M365)
• Experience with Backup replication, air-gap strategies, and restore validation (Commvault preferred)
• Setup and maintenance experience with Enterprise storage platforms (SAN/NAS) - Pure Storage, Dell/EMC Isilon, or similar
• Ability to work in Jupiter Office 4+ Days per week (off-hours availability required for planned maintenance windows)
  
  

Preferred Skills And Previous Experience

• Experience with VMware Horizon or another VDI solution
• Active/active (hot/hot) data center architecture - RPO/RTO planning, workload distribution, and failover testing
• Zerto/VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or equivalent - automated failover and failback orchestration across data centers
• Data center systems management - Dell hardware experience preferred
• Windows Server / Active Directory experience
• Linux experience (Debian/Ubuntu preferred)
• High Performance Computing (HPC) - cluster design, NUMA tuning, low-latency networking
• Containerization experience (Kubernetes or Docker)
• Security-conscious approach to systems administration - hardening, least privilege, patch discipline, and familiarity with endpoint protection platforms (CrowdStrike preferred)
• Network security tooling experience - Zscaler or similar
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

• Highly competitive base salary
• Profit sharing bonus
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• 401k
  
  

Additional Information

Voloridge Investment Management is an SEC registered investment advisor and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.