Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Eagle Seven Chicago, IL

Eagle Seven; California, Chicago (MO, IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical PPO and HMO coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Account

Pre-tax Transit Benefits

Complimentary Lunch and Beverages

Job summary

Eagle Seven is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to enhance our trading and research systems in Chicago, IL. This role involves designing automated infrastructure, improving operational reliability, and collaborating with various teams to develop effective solutions.

Applicants should have over 3 years of experience, programming skills in Python, and expertise in cloud technologies like AWS and GCP. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage and a 401k plan among others.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Systems, Networking, SRE, or DevOps engineering.
• Strong programming experience in Python and shell scripting with a version control system such as Git required.
• Strong command of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain infrastructure for trading operations.
• Build solutions to improve operational reliability.
• Collaborate to develop monitoring and reporting systems.

Skills

Systems, Networking, SRE, or DevOps engineering

Python programming

Shell scripting

Infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)

CI/CD pipelines

AWS and GCP technology

Kubernetes and containerization

TCP/IP networking

Storage architecture

Communication and documentation skills

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) job at Eagle Seven. Chicago, IL.

Eagle Seven is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join our team and assist with the design, development, and administration of our trading and research systems. This role is a unique blend of software engineering and system administration that encourages significant interaction with traders, developers, and researchers. The successful candidate will be proactive, have a strong sense of ownership, and be driven to provide creative technical solutions to business problems.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain highly automated, scalable and resilient infrastructure in support of our real-time trading operations

• Build solutions to automate and improve operational reliability and efficiency

• Collaborate with various stakeholders to develop automated, customizable and proactive monitoring and reporting systems

• Create integrations with various cloud platforms and on-premises data systems

• Develop and maintaining binary and text based ETL pipelines

• Assist the larger infrastructure team to develop system and network automations that make the team more efficient

• Responsible for development and maintenance of our HPC (High-performance computing) cloud-based infrastructure

• Develop various REST APIs and assisting with their integration into other projects

• Participate in 2nd line support; responding to incidents quickly and appropriately to facilitate diagnosis and resolution

• Stay current with the latest technology trends in the industry; propose, evaluate, and deploy innovative solutions

• Implement systems adhering to firm-wide security policies and industry best practices

• Interact with and administer SQL and NoSQL databases both locally and in the cloud

Requirements

Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of experience in Systems, Networking, SRE, or DevOps engineering

• Strong programming experience in Python and shell scripting with a version control system such as Git required

• Strong command of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Salt Project, Puppet, and related technologies

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub actions, Gitlab CI/CD)

• Expertise in cloud technology (AWS and GCP experience preferred)

• Experience with containerization, both on-premises (e.g., Kubernetes) and in the public cloud (e.g., Google GKE, Amazon EKS)

• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP networking, architecture, and core technologies (such as DNS, DHCP, Routing, VPN)

• Knowledge of storage, architecture, and core technologies (such as NFS, block, storage, object storage)

• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and documentation/knowledge management skills

Benefits

Eagle Seven offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees.

• Medical PPO and HMO coverage through BlueCross BlueShield
• Dental coverage through Principal
• Vision coverage through VSP
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Flexible Spending Account
• Pre-tax Transit Benefits
• Complimentary Lunch and Beverages