Associate Lead: RT Engineering Systems

Role profile

The engineering challenges this role addresses provide opportunities to work on transformative technologies to migrate real-time market exchange systems to new technology stacks, to help simplify and improve flexibility in our global low-latency networks.

Role summary

• Engineering position is within a distributed team, which operates both in-office and remotely, project focused deliveries, opportunities to develop automation, pipelines and develop new technologies for our production environments.
• Transformation technologies include pipelines for CI/CD and systems orchestration, migration tools and automatic testing testbeds to improve quality of testing for system changes
• Primary focus on Linux based servers, bare-metal and containers, with transformation migrating some of our on-prem workload into public and hybrid clouds
• Vendor engagement to solve issues and develop next generation platforms
• In conjunction with the wider team, responsible for break/fix activities within development environments, numbering approx. 5,000 individual systems/switches globally
• Expertise in resolving capacity and performance issues on complex systems configurations
• Detailed knowledge/understanding of network stacks and tuning options
• Senior Systems Engineer provides Linux-centric engineering, Virtualization solutions and Message Broker solutions supporting the Realtime Development environments
• Senior Systems Engineer has the ability to work autonomously, document and track progress via JIRA/SharePoint, and close communication with wider team and partners via scrums
• Accountable for Developing, Managing, Maintaining systems infrastructure tooling and automation testbeds for Realtime development and QE assets
• Also responsible for Analysis, Definition, Design, Construction, Testing, Installation of changes within the environment in accordance with governance guidelines

Role Responsibilities

• Works closely with planning and technology architect to assure all systems are in line with-IT long-term strategy.
• Participates in project planning sessions with clients, business analysts, and team members to analyse requirements and provides design recommendations for complex systems.
• Build, Test designs and code for handling RT sophisticated container workload deployments, including upgrades, capacity management, monitoring
• Conducts unit testing and implements multi-functional systems ensuring system fits needs of client and business.
• Works with project teams to define and design scope for each project.
• Develops new multi-functional software systems using focused software development processes.
• Evaluate and make recommendations for buy versus build decisions.
• Provides design recommendations, develops application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements
• Responsible for writing complex design specifications.
• Collaborates in setting development guidelines.
• Prepares and presents status updates for various projects.
• Reviews effort to ensure compliance to application architecture standards.
• Research new and emerging technologies.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations for new tools, technologies and platforms to be implemented.
• Provides technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to engineering & application development teams.
• Requires full technical knowledge and thorough understanding of business application of the project.
• Acts as team leader on projects but is likely to be an individual contributor at this level.
• Utilizes and knows the latest on multiple programming languages and software technologies.
• Acts as an industry class authority in a cross section technical subject area.

Role Requirements

Essential Skills

• Expertise with: Linux RHEL 8.x/9.x, MS Windows server 2012 – 2022, Message Broker (e.g. Solace)
• Experience with HP enterprise-class hardware (DL3x0 Proliant series Gen9/10/10+/11)
• Experience with AWS EC2 images and Containers, Cloud Watch, Kubernetes, Route53, etc
• Active Directory design and administration. Security agents and policy management
• Advanced knowledge of Windows and Linux-based hardware platforms
• Thorough understanding of network storage and TCP/IP networking
• Able to work in an ambitious, fast-paced environment with little daily supervision
• Expected education/experience:
• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and/or
• Equivalent work experience (Minimum 3 years' experience as a Linux, Windows, VMWare and Solace systems engineer or designer in an enterprise environment)

Desirable skills

• Experience with VMWare ESX Server (vSphere) and Virtual Center (v6.x and 7.x)
• Advanced knowledge of Windows and Linux-based scripting facilities
• Perl, C, PHP, VBScript, or Python development skills desired
• Experience with Cyber tools for endpoint/vulnerability management
• Experience with automation and orchestration (ex PagerDuty, HPE Image Composer)
• Experience in a market-data environment a plus!
• Experience with HPE and Dell rackmount and frame hardware
• Has created, maintained and deployed via Automation - Windows and Linux “standard build” images
• Good communications skills, good relationship management, good project management skills, solid specialist technical knowledge in relevant field.
• Works with internal and external customers, gathering and exchanging information to meet business needs.
• Effectively presents information for discussion with higher levels of the organisation.
• Coordinates and handles activities both within and outside own team, involving the integration of multiple subject areas and/or teams.
• Cyber tool/agent experience.
• Deep technical awareness. Up-to-date and current on multiple programming languages and software technologies. Acts as an industry class authority in a cross-section technical subject area. Experience of formal software development lifecycle. Good understanding of project management. High awareness of customer service.

What you’ll get in return

• Great learning opportunities to master new technology deployments and design and experience delivering those solutions on highly complex application stack
• Improve knowledge of delivering low-latency products in market data scenarios
• Learn risk management and value of automated pipelines to deliver quality products in large-scale infrastructures
• Learn and practice ground-breaking technologies to virtualize sophisticated applications onto public/hybrid cloud models
• Do all of the above while working in like-minded, friendly and flexible global technology teams
• Remote working flexibility via Digital First work style, affording great tools to be online, and enhancing occasional in-office contact for creative opportunities.

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.