Senior Systems Engineer

WHO WE ARE

We are PEAK6 a leading investment firm using technology to find a better way of doing things. The companys first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading and over the past two decades the same formula has been used across a range of industries asset classes and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6s core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management PEAK6 Strategic Capital Apex Fintech Solutions FOCUS We Insure Evil Geniuses Poker Power Zogo and Bruce Markets.

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 to deploy their applications. We encourage our teams to explore learn and implement new technologies. This is a role for someone who flourishes in a fast-paced 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 Engineering Manager.

What youll do all day:

• Optimizing system performance and stability on critical Linux trading systems

• Monitoring maintaining and supporting a variety of underlying infrastructure systems such as Kubernetes (K8s) open source virtualization solutions (Proxmox) 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

Were looking for someone who has:

• B.S. or equivalent degree

• 5 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 such as Proxmox QEMU/KVM.

• Deep knowledge of container orchestration technologies Kubernetes (K8s) CNI Istio.

• Linux performance troubleshooting experience

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible Salt)

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

• Knowledge of or administration experience with Elasticsearch Kafka Redis MongoDB MetalLB and/or Ceph 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.

PEAK6 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to 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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