Senior Platform Engineer

1 Month ago • All levels • Devops

Job Summary

Job Description

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for a hybrid role. The engineer will define, design, and develop plans for installation, reconfiguration, and overall system management to ensure reliable, resilient, and secure solutions. Responsibilities include designing automated solutions with a focus on infrastructure and containerization, providing direct support to technical and non-technical entities, implementing and utilizing asset inventory, configuration management, capacity management, performance management, resource optimization, and security for all technologies. The role involves defining requirements, researching, evaluating vendors, designing and implementing solutions, and providing ongoing support. The engineer will drive standardized solutions across IBKR for hardware, software, configurations, and processes, implement tools for operational management, and participate in defining and executing project roadmaps. The position requires scheduling and providing after-hours support when necessary for data center system upgrades and maintenance, interacting with internal teams to provide solutions, and communicating complex technical concepts effectively.
Must have:
  • Proficiency in Ansible, Python, or Ruby
  • Scripting skills in Bash, Perl, or similar
  • Experience with Jenkins or GitLab
  • Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
  • Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Strong Linux/Unix system administration
  • Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS
  • Experience with load balancers, firewalls, VPNs
  • Proficiency in Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios
  • Experience with Splunk or Elasticsearch
Good to have:
  • System performance tuning and monitoring
  • Self-motivated with minimal supervision
  • Superb analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Outstanding organizational and time management skills
Perks:
  • Competitive salary
  • Annual performance-based bonus
  • Stock grant
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Excellent health and wellness benefits (medical, dental, vision)
  • Company-paid medical healthcare premium
  • Wellness screenings and assessments
  • Health coaches and counseling services
  • Paid time off
  • Generous parental leave policy
  • Daily company lunch allowance
  • Fully stocked kitchen with healthy options
  • Corporate events
  • Education reimbursement and learning opportunities
  • Modern offices with multi-monitor setups

Job Details

Company Overview

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries. We have been at the forefront of financial innovation for over four decades, known for our cutting-edge technology and client commitment.

IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories. We serve individual investors and institutions, including financial advisors, hedge funds and introducing brokers. Our advanced technology, competitive pricing, and global market help our clients to make the most of their investments.

Barron's has recognized Interactive Brokers as the #1 online broker for six consecutive years. Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology.

About INTERACTIVE BROKERS!

This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office/2 days remote).

About your team:

The Platform engineering team is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer. The person will define, design and develop plans for installation/reconfiguration and overall system management to provide reliable, resilient and secure solutions.

In this role, the person is expected to have strong knowledge of programming and scripting, system administration, operating systems, virtualization, networking, engineering, and administration. They also have excellent problem-solving and systems troubleshooting skills. The person should be passionate about continuously improving services, enhancing security and optimizing service performance.

 What will be your responsibilities within IBKR: 

  • Senior Engineer responsible for designing automated solutions leveraging cutting-edge tools. Specifically focused on infrastructure and containerization.
  • Provides direct support to technical and non-technical entities to define requirements and deliver solutions to meet organizational needs, including new deployments, upgrades, performance tuning and testing.
  • Implement and utilize asset inventory, configuration management database, capacity management, performance management, resource optimization, and security (access control, authorization, and accounting) for all technologies in scope.
  • Define requirements, perform research, evaluate vendors/solutions, design/implement solutions, and provide ongoing support for all technologies in scope. Provide simple but effective scalability, performance, and reliability.
  • Drive consistent standardized solutions across IBKR for all hardware, software, configurations, and processes.
  • Implement tools and processes for efficient and effective environmental operational management, such as change management, monitoring, alerting, incident handling, customer request handling, etc.
  • Schedule and provide after-hours or weekend support when necessary to perform high-risk or planned downtime of IBKR’s data center systems for upgrades and maintenance.
  • Participate in defining and executing a roadmap of projects that continues to raise the bar through the implementation of innovative technology, tools, automation, and processes.
  • Interact with internal teams to provide solutions and resolve problems promptly and proactively.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical abilities.

Which skills are required:

  • Programming and Scripting
    • Proficiency in languages such as Ansible, Python, or Ruby.
    • Scripting skills in Bash, Perl, or similar languages.
  • CI/CD Pipelines
    • Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment tools like Jenkins, GitLab
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
    • Experience with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
  • Cloud Computing
    • Strong knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
    • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure.
  • System Administration
    • Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix system administration.
    • Experience with system performance tuning and monitoring.
  • Networking
    • Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and other network protocols
    • Experience with load balancers, firewalls, and VPNs
  • Monitoring and Logging
    • Proficiency in using monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Nagios
    • Experience with logging tools like Splunk, Elasticsearch, etc..

To be successful in this position, you will have the following:

  • Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
  • Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication (verbal and written) skills.
  • Outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Company Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant
  • Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match
  • Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits, and a company-paid medical healthcare premium.
  • Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Paid time off and a generous parental leave policy
  • Daily company lunch allowance provided, and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snacks.
  • Corporate events, including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams.
  • Education reimbursement and learning opportunities.
  • Modern offices with multi-monitor setups

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About The Company

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: "IBKR") is a direct access electronic broker catering to the needs of professional and frequent traders, institutional investors, financial advisers, and introducing brokers. For over 40 years, Interactive Brokers has been the pioneer of the electronic trading revolution. We rapidly scaled from a small U.S. options market-maker into a sizable global trading firm by leveraging the power of technology and automation. We are committed to delivering value through technological innovation and providing our clients with unprecedented access to global markets at the lowest cost.

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