IT Systems Administrator, Linux

Graham Capital Management L.P. (Graham) is an alternative investment manager founded in 1994 by Kenneth G. Tropin. Specializing in discretionary and quantitative macro strategies Graham is dedicated to delivering strong uncorrelated returns across a wide range of market environments. As one of the industrys longest-standing global macro and trend-following managers Graham remains committed to innovation evolving its strategies through a robust investment technology and operational infrastructure. Graham harnesses the synergies between its discretionary and quantitative trading businesses to offer a broad suite of complementary alpha strategies each built on the principles of thoughtful portfolio construction active risk management and diversification by design. Graham invests significant proprietary capital alongside its clients including global institutions endowments foundations family offices sovereign wealth funds investment management advisors and qualified individual investors reinforcing alignment of interests across all strategies.

The foundation of Grahams sustainability and success is the experience and contributions of its people. The firm seeks to cultivate talent encourage the diversity of ideas and respect the contributions of turn each employee shares in the responsibility of strengthening those around them.

Description

Graham Capital Management L.P. is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to join the Technology Infrastructure team. This role provides operational support for the firms Linux server environment including system provisioning configuration maintenance and performance optimization as well as collaboration with other IT teams to support enterprise applications and related infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Management of operational tasks for Red Hat Linux Servers including server builds upgrades performance tuning and hardware/software troubleshooting
• Oversight of server patching lifecycle management and configuration consistency to meet current and future GCM operational standards
• Administration and optimization of containerized workloads using Kubernetes Docker OpenShift or orchestration products
• Support for hybrid cloud infrastructure (AWS Azure or GCP) including VM provisioning storage management and networking integration
• Monitoring and performance analysis using tools and log aggregation
• Collaboration with development teams for GIT support
• Management of backup and disaster recovery systems to ensure high availability and data integrity
• Documentation of procedures system configurations and operational processes to maintain a reliable knowledge base
• Maintaining source code repositories and computational environments

Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science Information Systems or related field
• 5 years managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or equivalent Linux) in a production server environment
• Experience integrating Linux systems with Windows infrastructure (Samba Active Directory Kerberos)
• Scripting expertise in shell scripting/Python required
• Excellent communication and project management skills with the ability to multi-task and work on several projects at once often as a part of a team
• Familiarity with hybrid or cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP)
• Financial Services industry experience is a plus

This role requires commuting into our Rowayton CT office Mondays through Fridays.

Base Salary Range

The anticipated salary range for this position is $150000 to $200000. The anticipated range is based on information as of the time this post was generated and does not include any discretionary bonus or benefits (see eligibility below). The applicable annual salary or hourly rate paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience skills and qualifications. This wage range may be modified in the future.

In addition the employee who fills this role will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus as well as a wide array of benefit programs such as medical and life insurance 401(K) plans and access to other healthcare programs.

Notes:

No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus benefits or any other form of compensation that a particular employee may be eligible for remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at Grahams sole discretion consistent with the law.

Graham is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to their race color religious creed gender age national origin ancestry alienage citizenship status handicap disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy childbirth or other related conditions military status genetic information or any other personal characteristics protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including hiring placement promotion layoff termination transfer leave of absence and compensation.