Linux Systems Administrator
Alexander Black Recruitment is urgently looking for a Linux Senior Systems Administrator to join our high profile client.
Our client is a brand new financial data technology start up. They enable rapid trading transactions to be processed and are innovators in algorithm matching, big data and language processing. They are well known to take intractable problems the trading industry faces, employing highly-parallel algorithms, natural-language parsing and a diverse, cutting-edge technology stack. The company structure is very flat and everyone writes code.
They are funded by several major banks.
I am looking for a Junior Linux Sys Admin who has the potential to build and run a multi-site, internet-facing service. They have a complex architecture and very high security requirements, so prior experience of this kind of environment is a great benefit. I expect someone who keeps on top of the latest technologies (especially DevOps tools and methodologies) and who is prepared to take on the responsibility of keeping services running at all times. You will be expected to work across the entire software development and release cycle, from requirements gathering to go-live.
We have a well known senior sys admin in at present so you will learn from one of the best in the market with serious exposure to finance, security, and web servers.
The Linux Sys Admin will be responsible for:
- The provision and management of business-critical Linux computing systems including storage, compute and network components across multiple sites
- In-house infrastructure development and operation in Linux
- Continuous security review and infrastructure hardening
- Build and release infrastructure automation
- Virtualisation and VM management
- Network administration
- Planning and engineering multi-site fail-over solutions
Candidates MUST have:
- At least 1 years’ professional system administration experience in a Linux/Unix environment this could be commercial or academic
- Linux administration, especially Ubuntu or Debian
- I would expect candidates to have some of the below:
- NOSQL database management, especially Redis
- Build/deployment technologies, such as Maven, CMake and Rake
- RDBMS administration, especially MySQL and including SQL and data replication management
- Network management skills, especially DNS, VLANs and VPNs
- Dynamic programming languages, especially Ruby and Python
- DevOps automation tools, especially Chef or Puppet
- An appetite for delivering solutions to complex problem
This role suits a junior candidate not in the banking sector looking for a move. You must be hands on and have experience of networking in a demanding environment. You will also be a techie motivated by technology. In return you will be rewarded seriously financially.
This office has a break out room and is completly casual so this is a new type of banking firm. There are currently 12 employees.
The environment is that of Facebook or Google, relaxed open with time to think and make the right decisions. The atmosphere is calm and relaxed with an open dress code. This is a role for techies, those who are motivated by the sharp end of technology and the possibility of making serious money doing something you are passionate about.
My client is based in London
If this sounds of interest then please send your most recent cv to quantcapitalapplications@gmail.comor call James Holland on 0207 590 3681
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