Old Mission

proprietary trading

SiteReliabilityEngineer

$175–225k Chicago, Illinois, United States; New York, New York, United States Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Site Reliability Engineer at Old Mission. Skills: Linux, network administration, automation, Python scripting, deployment, maintenance, enhancement of servers, upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems. owning and managing the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of our servers. upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems that host proprietary trading, third-party, and open-source applications”

Industry & Context.

proprietary trading
Problems you'll solve

enjoy solving technical problems with scalable and well-managed solutions; analytical and problem-solving skills

Eligibility Requirements

Participate in an on-call rotation, 2 shifts a month, Occasional after-hours and weekend support (including travel) may be required for system upgrades or emergencies, In office Monday-Friday with 10 remote days per year

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

An undergraduate or an advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Engineering or one of the hard sciences, 4+ years of Python, Perl, Golang, C++, or Rust development experience, Must be comfortable working in an Enterprise Red Hat Linux environment, Must have configuration management experience with Ansible (preferred) or Salt/Chef/Puppet experience with containerization and orchestration: Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, and/or Hashicorp Nomad, analytical and problem-solving skills, Great communication skills, both written and verbal, Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Nice to Have

configuration management experience with Ansible, Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or HPC clusters would be extremely useful, Exposure to Redfish or other BMC API would be extremely useful, Familiarity with automated CI/CD pipelines for large-scale systems management a plus, Familiarity with the full monitoring stack (tracing, metrics, and logging) in the Grafana/Prometheus ecosystems a plus

What You'll Do.

owning and managing the deployment

and enhancement of our servers

and reliable operation of computer systems that host proprietary trading

and open-source applications

develop tools and systems to automate and optimize our operational workflow

performance engineering

Automate processes using Shell and Python scripting

run and monitor all applications

and plan the necessary changes

Maintain written documentation

provide timely updates on support tickets

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Effectively collaborating with our traders, developers, and other teams to meet the Firm's technology needs

Communication Scope

Great communication skills, both written and verbal

Process & Methodology

Coordinate, prioritize, and plan the necessary changes

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