Systems Engineer II

WHO WE ARE

Headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade PEAK6 Capital Management is a proprietary options trading firm that has been defining the industry for more than 25 years. While many firms have come and gone PEAK6 Capital Management has consistently delivered liquidity to the options market. We thrive due to our firms special blend of financial acumen ability to manage risk and cuttingedge technology.

Our success is driven by our team of technologists engineers and traders who leverage proprietary tech and a datacentric approach to maintain inventory and stay ahead of the markets so customers can too.

We are committed to providing dependable liquidity which is crucial for market stability investor confidence and efficient trading across asset classes.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As a member of our Infrastructure team at PEAK6 Capital Management youll have a big impact on the firm. Youll work within our proprietary trading entity and have genuine opportunities to lead projects to optimize dev teams and deploying their applications. We encourage our teams to explore learn and implement new technologies. This is a role for someone who flourishes in a fastpaced environment takes responsibility for overall systems architecture and has a solid understanding of designing deploying and supporting Linux for end users. This role will report to the Director of Infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Optimizing system performance and stability on critical Linux trading systems.

• Monitoring maintaining and supporting a variety of underlying infrastructure systems such as Kubernetes Virtualization and Saltstack.

• Writing and maintaining Python Shell and other scripts that automate tech operations.

• Working closely with software development teams to operationalize new applications.

• Administration of various STaaS infrastructures.

• Research and implement new systems that improve the way PEAK6 applications run.

• Maintain and monitor a server environment of 300 physical servers and 700 virtual machines SAN storage and other associated hardware components.

YOUR EXPERIENCE:

• B.S. or equivalent degree

• 13 years experience working with Debian/Ubuntu distributions preferred. Familiarity with other Linux distributions is a plus.

• Experience programming and scripting in Python and Shell.

• Experience with virtualization technologies like ProxMox is a plus.

• Deep knowledge of container orchestration technologies.

• Linux performance troubleshooting experience.

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible Puppet).

• Experience with data virtualization and monitoring technologies like Grafana CheckMK Datadog HoneyComb and/or Prometheus a plus.

• Knowledge of or administration experience with Elasticsearch Kafka Redis would be a bonus.

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OUR REWARDS

We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits including healthcare benefits (medical dental and vision EAP) competitive PTO 401k match parental leave and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. As a hybrid workforce we offer our employees the ability to work remotely up to two days a week.

Base pay offered may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills experience and office location. This position also may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in addition to a range of health & wellness benefits enhancing your overall compensation package.

Base Salary Range

PEAK6 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin age disability veteran status marital status or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.

PEAK6 is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact our HR department at We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.

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