Virtualization Engineer | Openstack | Experienced Hire

Susquehanna International Group; Bala Cynwyd (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Susquehanna is seeking a Virtualization Engineer to design and build infrastructure for trading platforms on OpenStack. You’ll collaborate across teams to create scalable systems and replace a large VMware environment.

You will automate deployments with Python and Bash, optimize virtualization and network stacks, and design the next‑gen VM platform while monitoring cluster capacity and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 1–5 years building Linux platforms at scale.
• Hands-on automation in Python is required.
• Experience with OpenStack, Red Hat OpenShift, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Automate and evolve infrastructure deployment and maintenance using Python/Bash.
• Tune virtualization environments for performance and low latency.
• Collaborate with engineers to design scalable VM platforms.
• Monitor capacity and plan for growing resource demands.
• Develop tools for monitoring and capacity planning.

Skills

Linux experience

Python automation

Kernal/I-O tweaks

OpenStack

KubeVirt

OpenShift

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

OpenStack

RedHat OpenShift

KubeVirt

Job description

Overview

Susquehanna is looking for a Virtualization Engineer to help design and build infrastructure for our trading platforms on Openstack. You will work closely with other infrastructure engineers and software developers to create scalable systems.

What You'll Do

Automate and Evolve: Contribute to our library of home‑grown tools, written primarily in Python and Bash, utilizing tools such as Jenkins to automate bare‑metal and virtual server deployments, monitoring, and maintenance, allowing you to focus on performance related issues and projects.

Optimize: Tune virtualization environments for performance and network stacks for throughput and latency. Dive deep on root‑cause analysis of systems issues. Anything is fair game if there's impact.

Collaborate: Work closely with stakeholders to understand business problems. Implement scalable solutions using SAN and high‑speed networks.

Create: Design and implement our next‑generation VM platform in Openstack which is slated to replace our 18000 guest VMWare environment.

Monitor: Effectively track and display cluster capacity to ensure optimal performance. Forecast and prepare for increased resource demands. Develop tools that best fit our needs for monitoring and capacity planning.

What We’re Looking For

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 1-5 years of progressive experience building Linux based platforms at scale.
• Familiarity with kernel‑level and I/O subsystem tweaks and tools such as sysctl, strace, tcpdump, and netstat.
• Recent hands‑on experience with automation in Python, required
• In‑depth experience in open‑source‑based virtualization such as Openstack, RedHat Openshift, kubevirt, or similar.

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find relentless problem solvers within each of our core disciplines: Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research. From offices around the world, our employees collaborate to make optimal decisions and are driven by the desire to achieve winning results together.

What We Do

We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives trading. Through market making and market taking, we handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day, providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized, allowing for a deep understanding of unique drivers of each asset class.

Susquehanna does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or search firms. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement will become the property of Susquehanna and no fee will be paid.