Senior Linux Engineer – Leading Principle Trading Firm
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Leading Principle Trading Firm seeks a Senior Linux Engineer to help support and expand their continually growing Linux environment. You will ideally have previous experience in a trading environment and have serious Linux experience (Red Hat). If you are an experienced Linux Engineer who has experience in a trading environment then we want to hear from you!
Group Description
Leading Principle Trading Firm seeks a Senior Linux Engineer to help support and expand their continually growing Linux environment. They have offices in Chicago, New York and London employing over 450 people from different disciplines and backgrounds. Unlike hedge funds, brokerage firms and banks, they have no investors, clients or customers. They trade actively in a wide range of asset classes both domestically and internationally.
Role Description
Leading Principle Trading Firm seeks a Senior Linux Engineer to help support and expand their continually growing Linux environment. To qualify for this role, you need to have serious Linux chops. When you realize you don't know something, you're hungry to learn it right now! You know the details about how various network protocols work, and know how to tune and troubleshoot network parameters. Ideally, you'd also have experience in an environment (like trading) that values research and extreme tuning with unique hardware and technical constraints.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Performance tuning (squeezing out microseconds in the Race to Zero)
- Automation and scripting
- Collaborating with Software teams, IT and Trading
- Testing new Linux distros
- Researching new technologies (think: creative repurposing of hardware)
- Maintaining required documentation
Personal Profile:
- Proven ability to effectively coordinate with external vendors and internal staff and work well with others in a team environment
- Must have strong initiative and work ethic
- Strong verbal and written communication skills essential
Key Words: Linux, Senior Engineer, Chicago, Scripting, Red Hat, Redhat, Automation, Chicago, Trading.
This is an immediate priority hire, interviews are on going and early applications are advised. GQR also welcomes tentative enquiries from suitably qualified individuals.
Confidentiality and utmost discretion is 100% assured.
APPLY | tech.americas@gqrgm.com
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Note, while a resume is preferable we also welcome tentative enquiries from well-qualified persons. To speak with an agent please contact one of our regional offices using the contact details listed below. Utmost confidentiality and discretion is assured.
Please ask for George Woods in our Los Angeles office.
LOS ANGELES | 1.310.807.5030
10877 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025 | Office Hours: 6.00-21.00 PDT
NEW YORK | 1.212.763.8333
1325 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10173 | Office Hours: 9.00-21.00 EDT
LONDON | 020.3207.9090
St Clements House, London, EC4N 7AE | Office Hours: 9.00-21.00 GMT
HONG KONG | 852.3678.6738
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