Key skills
LinuxLinux InternalsUnix command linePythonShell scriptingDistributed systemsNetwork architecturesSystems troubleshootingDevOps practicesContinuous integrationContinuous deliveryAutomated testingAnsibleTerraformJenkinsArtifactorySplunkNetboxPrometheusGrafanaLinux server installation and configurationLow latency systemsShellCommunication
About this role
MEMX is searching for a skilled Linux Platform Engineer who is passionate about pursuing operational excellence through engineering, monitoring and automation. The role involves collaborating with teams to design and develop solutions, while supporting the firm's enterprise and production systems on global initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to build and maintain infrastructure which supports MEMX operated platforms
- Monitor scalable solutions which run infrastructure, both on-premises and cloud
- Help debug build system and continuously improve build performance through metrics and analysis
- Monitor systems capacity and performance to allow for scaling of high performance as necessary in addition to performing root cause analysis for incidents
- Work with information security team to mitigate software and hardware vulnerabilities in the environment
- Performs other duties as required and any other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study
- 2+ years hands on experience with distributed systems and the network architectures needed to run them
- Proficient and Deep knowledge of operating system, especially in Linux and Linux Internals
- Wizard on Unix command line with very strong Python and shell scripting experience
- Strong understanding of systems, networks and troubleshooting techniques, especially for distributed systems including detailed and thorough analysis
- Solid understanding of DevOps practices and methodologies, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated testing (e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Artifactory, Splunk, Netbox, Prometheus, Grafana etc.)
- Experience with installing, configuring and troubleshooting Linux servers in production environments
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail and follow through
- Experience with managing multiple projects simultaneously and can adapt to the changing business needs and requirements (“startup mentality”)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to perform job relatively independently
- Experience working on low latency systems is a plus