Systems Engineer
Akuna CapitalAbout the Role
We are looking for a Systems Engineer to be responsible for Akuna's Linux server platform health. This person will participate in the design, deployment, and maintenance of our high-performance platform to support our trading environment. They will also automate daily software and hardware tasks while writing and maintaining scripts and tools.
- Investigate new products and techniques to improve efficiency and performance in the environment
- Responsible for architecture and maintenance of a tier-based storage solution
- Management of Akuna's server infrastructure at third party and local data centres
- System analysis, monitoring, and performance tuning
Requirements
- 4-6 years of systems engineering experience
- Advanced experience with a variety of Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.)
- Experience in managing and running services within K8s clusters
- Experience in automation of daily software and hardware related tasks, Python or Bash scripting experience preferred
- Experience with build and configuration management tools (Ansible/Rundeck, Puppet, Foreman)
- Experience with system monitoring and alerting tools (Icinga/Nagios, Prometheus, Alertmanager)
- Experience in virtualization and orchestration platforms like VMware, Kubernetes and Terraform
- Experience in supporting a variety of storage platforms/protocols
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling
- Linux kernel and low latency performance tuning
- Knowledge of database systems, including PostgreSQL and MySQL
- Experience in troubleshooting multicast and TCP related performance issues
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot issues
- Good English communication skills
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to take ownership of projects and problems with minimal supervision