Summary
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Join a global infrastructure engineering team responsible for building and operating Linux at scale. You will diagnose complex systems issues, automate fleet management, improve provisioning and reliability, and support demanding workloads including low-latency, high-throughput, and Kubernetes-based environments. Strong Linux expertise, Python or scripting ability, and a continuous-improvement mindset are essential.
Highlights
Work on large-scale Linux infrastructure in a business-critical environment, with strong opportunities to improve automation, reliability, performance, and engineering practices. The role offers exposure to demanding infrastructure workloads and a collaborative global engineering environment.
Description
We're looking for a Linux Engineer with strong systems knowledge and Python/scripting skills to join our expanding global team.
You'll build and run Linux at scale in a business-critical environment, and improve the automation and self-service tooling we use to manage our server estate.
The Linux Engineering group owns provisioning, configuration, performance and reliability for a large Linux infrastructure that runs many kinds of workloads.
These include ultra-low latency systems at the core of high-frequency trading, high-throughput research environments, and a wide range of Kubernetes-based applications.
You'll need solid Linux fundamentals applied at scale, with automation driving consistency and efficiency across the fleet.
Your initiative, teamwork, problem-solving and drive to keep improving will help the firm stay competitive by bringing new technologies and practices into production.
What You'll Do:
Use deep Linux expertise to diagnose and fix complex issues on enterprise systems, keeping them stable and performantImprove the configuration management code and processes behind 10,000+ bare-metal Linux servers worldwideBuild and maintain Python/Bash tooling for large-scale Linux managementStreamline provisioning so bare servers become production-ready platformsExpand Linux metrics, logging, monitoring and alerting integrations for full fleet visibilityKeep peers and stakeholders updated through meetings, tickets, code reviews, chat and merge requests
What You'll Bring:
Hands-on Linux engineering, administration and provisioning at scale, ideally on bare metalLarge-scale configuration management, ideally Puppet and Hiera on bare-metal serversPython for automation, APIs, design, testing and debuggingWriting Ansible playbooks and automating complex tasksDesigning, building and publishing RPMs, plus managing in-house repositoriesCI/CD pipelines, Git, and good branching/merging practiceStrong system and network troubleshooting with tools like eBPF, tcpdump, strace, systemd, NTP/PTP, lsof and ncNetworking fundamentals: routing, DNS, TCP/UDP/multicastBuilding and publishing Docker imagesWorking knowledge of KubernetesExposure to Prometheus, Grafana and AlertManager, especially Linux telemetry and exporter developmentBachelor's in Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
