Systems Engineer

The Systems Engineer will be supporting the areas of electronic trading & clearing applications. The incumbent must have knowledge of application deployment/ configuration and be comfortable with Linux/Windows platforms, as well as demonstrate experience with Java to configure and troubleshoot applications. Strong communication skills are required as you’ll be customer-facing, providing support and working on new initiatives.

Work authorization: US Citizen or Green Card 

Required Experience

• Hands on Linux/Unix system experience either as a systems administrator or software developer.
• Strong shell scripting skills in either Bash, Bourne or Korn shell.
• Strong skills in at least one scripting language such as Ruby, Python or Perl.
• Understanding of the SDLC and associated tools such as Bamboo, Jira, and Git.
• Experience with application support, web technologies, APIs and microservices.
• Have a passion for problem solving and automation and a willingness to continue growing your skills in this area.
• Self-motivated and a self-starter.  If you have a question, be pro-active in finding the answer and communicate your learnings with teammates
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with the following:
  • CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jenkins and Ansible.
  • Cloud and container technology such as Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes 
  • Infrastructure management technology such as Chef or Puppet.
  • 3rd party middleware such as Kafka, IBM MQ Series, Consul and Vault.
  • Java, Java frameworks and technologies such as Tomcat and Spring
  • TCP/IP networking, firewalls, routing, multicast, SSL/TLS, and troubleshooting them

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and support existing development/QA platforms. 
• Implement necessary hardware and software for project execution. 
• Define the environment scope for business requirements and maintains and improves the stability, reliability,and availability of environments.
• Define problems and describe the cause & effect relationship, then gather & compare data about the problems with supervision and document the details. 
• Prepare analysis report and reviews with supervision.
• Demonstrates intermediate knowledge of systems (Linux/Windows), distributed computing architecture (client server, intranet/internet), H/W platforms and resources - CPU, memory, virtualization, clustering.
• Configure systems and modify settings to ensure proper functioning and provides routine maintenance of systems.
• Participate in discussions with experienced team members to generate ideas for problem solving. 
• Accurately define the circumstances surrounding the decision point with supervision.
• Troubleshoot most of the known issues (e.g. checking resource usage on a Linux host), determines the root cause and works with seniors on solutions and implementation.
• Verify implementation and make adjustments as necessary, providing input into resolutions and documenting solutions.

This is a hybrid role. This role is to be filled outside the states of California and Colorado.

**We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, ethnic origin, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.**

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