Administrateur de système Linux / Linux System Administrator
Tower Research Capital
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
$100K a year (estimated)
Full-time
Responsibilities
- Supporting, maintaining, and enhancing the firm's trading Linux infrastructure
- Providing Level II support specifically for the Linux environment including :
- Emergency response
- Execution of planned changes, updates, and deployment projects within the Linux server infrastructure mostly on prem and some AWS
- Advanced profiling and troubleshooting of performance issues specifically within the Linux servers environment
- Contributing to the development and refinement of tools and systems to automate provisioning, configuration, and monitoring of thousands of Linux servers with Ansible and CFengine
- Management of essential core services such as DHCP, LDAP, DNS, and NFS for on-prem and hosted data centers as well as public clouds
- Participating in an on-call rotation and occasional weekend shifts
- Engaging in daily direct communication with trading teams and core engineering
- Supporting HPC environment
Qualifications
- Experience in maintenance, operation, and administration of a sufficiently advanced Linux environment
- Daily use of and contribution to developing automation and monitoring tools
- Comprehensive understanding of Linux OS concepts and internals
- Working knowledge of Intel-based hardware and server components
- Good knowledge of Python, expert knowledge of Bash for scripting and automation tasks in a Linux environment
- Understanding of Linux server-side networking and typical network protocols
- Experience with public cloud Linux Engineering and automation (AWS, GCP)
- Desired some experience with HCP and container technologies, such as Docker and / or Kubernetes, and Condor
- Participation in open source or personal projects is a plus
- Understanding of Linux configuration management, source control, CI / CD, and automated deployment
Benefits
Tower’s office is located in Downtown Montreal and is easily accessible by public transportation. While we work hard, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include :
- Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
- 5 weeks of paid vacation per year
- Lunch and snacks on a daily basis
- Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
- Free events and workshops
- Donation matching program
30+ days ago