Linux Engineer

Great Neck , United States
On-site

AI overview

Join a dynamic IT team managing a fully virtualized Linux and Windows infrastructure while employing configuration management for enhanced service delivery.

FlexTrade Systems is a financial technology Software Company headquartered in Great Neck, New York. We are celebrating 30 years as the industrial pioneer and a global leader in broker-neutral, trading platforms for equities, foreign exchange, options, futures, and fixed income. With 500+ employees across 10+ offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and a worldwide client base both from Buy Side and Sell Side business. It is an exciting time to join FlexTrade. Each line of business and region is at different growth phases. Across its functional teams, FlexTrade is taking bold steps to transform its business and approach positioning itself for the next phase of growth.

The Team

The IT Team at FlexTrade is a fast-growing team and is a vital function of our business. We are a group of ‘get it done’ builders and visionaries that are client-focused and strategically minded. Although we are a small team, we leverage our cross-functional expertise to deliver quality campaigns to our stakeholders from strategy through execution. You will be part of a team managing a fully virtualized Linux and Windows infrastructure and Cisco network, making heavy use of configuration management and source control.

About You

The ideal candidate will have excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work both independently and within a team. You will have excellent attention to detail and be able to prioritize your workload, whether it be production escalation issues, tickets, or wider projects.

You will have a background in Red Hat Linux with experience in supporting, configuring, and installing. You will be experienced in using scripting tools to automate repetitive tasks across large IT estates.

Requirements

  • 7+ years’ experience in Linux Administration, ideally RedHat / CentOS

  • Experience in Linux OS upgrades and migrations, including Leapp

  • Extensive experience administrating Red Hat, CentOS or any enterprise or community Linux platform, with minimal support, including patching, package management, performance tuning, troubleshooting, networking, user management, and security.

  • Extensive experience with scripting in Bash or Python.

  • In-depth experience with config management tools/frameworks such as Ansible and Puppet.

  • Detailed knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, LDAP, SMTP, NFS and SNMP.

  • Experience in configuration, management & troubleshooting for technologies such as Nginx, HAProxy, Apache, Squid, Iptables/Shorewall, SSL Certificates

  • Detailed knowledge of Linux System Monitoring (Solarwinds / Opsramp) and reporting.

  • Detailed knowledge of NTP/PTP, time synchronization technologies

  • Knowledge of application and server fault tolerance and load balancing services.

  • Knowledge of linux server hardening, vulnerability assessment, and server patching. Hands on experience with installation of MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL will be an added advantage.

  • Experience with SAN/SCSI storage systems, network attached storage systems, NFS, CIFS (Windows and Samba)

  • Experienced in incident management, change control management, and problem management to support processes and methodologies.

  • Hands on experience in resolving system performance issues, root cause analysis, and complex problems.

  • Have worked in an ITIL compliant environment, worked with change control, and incident mitigation.

  • Good to have knowledge in AWS Cloud, Docker, Jenkins, Git & Windows Server Administration.

  • Strong knowledge in VMWare and VCenter is a plus.

  • Desirable-related certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, Puppet Certified Professional, etc.

  • A good working knowledge of ServiceNow would be desirable.

**FlexTrade Systems, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an authorized agreement for a particular SOW (Statement of Work) in place is hired: such resumes are deemed the sole property of FlexTrade Systems, Inc.**

**FlexTrade Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by law.**

FlexTrade, a global leader in broker-neutral, execution and order management trading systems for equities, Fixed Income, FX, options, futures and fixed income securities.

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