We are looking for a Systems Engineer to be responsible for our client’s Linux server platform health. This person will participate in the design, deployment, and maintenance of our high-performance platform to support our trading environment. They will also automate daily software and hardware tasks while writing and maintaining scripts and tools. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, proactive, and able to take ownership of projects and problems with minimal supervision. In this role, you will:

• Investigate new products and techniques to improve efficiency and performance in the environment
• Responsible for architecture and maintenance of a tier-based storage solution
• Management of Akuna’s server infrastructure at third party and local data centres
• Additional day-to-day responsibilities include system analysis, monitoring, and performance tuning, as well as additional support as required

Qualities that make great candidates:

• Bachelors, Masters or PhD with degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related subject
• Good English communication skills
• 4-6 years of systems engineering experience
• Advanced experience with a variety of Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu ,etc.)
• Experience in managing and running services within K8s clusters
• Experience in managing a large scale AWS Cloud platform environment
• Experience in automation of daily software and hardware related tasks, Python or Bash scripting experience preferred
• Experience with build and configuration management tools (Ansible/Rundeck, Puppet, Foreman)
• Experience with system monitoring and alerting tools (Icinga/Nagios, Prometheus, Alertmanager)
• Experience in virtualization and orchestration platforms like VMware, Kubernetes and Terraform
• Experience in supporting a variety of storage platforms/protocols
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling
• Linux kernel and low latency performance tuning
• Knowledge of database systems, including PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Experience in troubleshooting multicast and TCP related performance issues
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot issues