Trading Infrastructure & Automation Engineer

NJF Global Holdings Ltd; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 68,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary starting from

Healthcare and benefits

Retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Generous annual leave

Flexible commuter schemes

Meals and refreshments

Career progression

Job summary

NJF Global Holdings Ltd seeks a Technology Operations Engineer to maintain the reliability of trading infrastructure across Linux and Windows platforms. You will monitor production systems, diagnose issues, and collaborate with engineering, trading, and risk teams to keep the platform performing smoothly.

You will also help develop automation and tooling to improve deployments and reduce manual work, while participating in a rotating shift that covers US and Asia trading hours.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience supporting or administering Linux-based production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Experience writing Python scripts to automate operational tasks.
• Familiarity with Git and distributed version control.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Salt, Puppet, Chef).
• Exposure to monitoring platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, or Nagios.
• Experience with Jira or similar ticketing/workflow systems.
• Knowledge of logging, monitoring, and troubleshooting tools.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor production trading systems and respond to operational issues in real time.
• Diagnose, resolve complex infrastructure and application problems.
• Support trading and risk teams to ensure systems operate effectively.
• Manage production changes and communicate system status across the business.
• Automate software deployments across Linux and Windows environments.
• Develop internal tools to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual processes.
• Contribute to ongoing improvement of monitoring, deployment, and workflows.

Skills

Linux

Windows

Python

Git

Prometheus

Grafana

Zabbix

Nagios

Jira

Logging

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Salt

Puppet

Chef

Job description

NJF Global Holdings Ltd seeks a Technology Operations Engineer to maintain the reliability of trading infrastructure across Linux and Windows platforms. You will monitor production systems, diagnose issues, and collaborate with engineering, trading, and risk teams to keep the platform performing smoothly.

You will also help develop automation and tooling to improve deployments and reduce manual work, while participating in a rotating shift that covers US and Asia trading hours.