System Engineer

Radley James; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Radley James is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our technology team in New York. You will design, build and optimise a high-performance Linux infrastructure supporting a fast-paced trading environment.

Collaborating with infrastructure, networking, software engineering and trading teams, you will automate deployments, troubleshoot complex issues and drive resilience, scalability and reliability across production systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in Systems Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong Linux expertise (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Solid TCP/IP networking knowledge.
• Python scripting and automation experience.
• Experience with large-scale production environments.
• Familiarity with CM/DM tools such as Ansible, Puppet or Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain Linux-based infrastructure.
• Support and optimise trading systems and production environments.
• Monitor system performance, availability and capacity.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware, operating system, networking and infrastructure problems.
• Automate infrastructure management, configuration and deployment processes.
• Work closely with software engineers, quantitative researchers and traders to support business-critical technology.
• Manage system upgrades, patching, configuration management and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
• Contribute to infrastructure architecture, scalability and resilience initiatives.
• Participate in incident management and root cause analysis, ensuring continuous service improvement.
• Support the deployment and maintenance of low-latency, high-throughput computing environments.

Skills

Linux Administration

RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu

TCP/IP Networking

Python Scripting

Production Environments

Compute/Storage/Virtualisation

System Troubleshooting

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

VMware

Job description

A leading trading firm operating at the intersection of technology and financial markets is looking for an ambitious and technically strong Systems Engineer to join there technology team in New York.

The Role

As a Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, maintaining and optimising the firm's infrastructure, ensuring maximum performance, reliability and availability across our trading environment.

Working closely with infrastructure, networking, software engineering and trading teams, you will play a key role in delivering robust technology solutions, troubleshooting complex technical challenges and continuously improving the systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain high-performance Linux-based infrastructure.
• Support and optimise mission-critical trading systems and production environments.
• Monitor system performance, availability and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware, operating system, networking and infrastructure problems.
• Automate infrastructure management, configuration and deployment processes.
• Work closely with software engineers, quantitative researchers and traders to support business-critical technology.
• Manage system upgrades, patching, configuration management and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
• Contribute to infrastructure architecture, scalability and resilience initiatives.
• Participate in incident management and root cause analysis, ensuring continuous service improvement.
• Support the deployment and maintenance of low-latency, high-throughput computing environments.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in a Systems Engineering, Systems Administration or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Strong experience with Linux operating systems, particularly RHEL, CentOS or Ubuntu.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP and network troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale infrastructure and production environments.
• Strong understanding of compute, storage, virtualisation and server hardware.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet or Terraform.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.