Systems Engineer
Akuna CapitalAbout the Role
As a Systems Engineer at Akuna Capital, you will be responsible for the health and maintenance of Akuna's Linux server platform, which supports the firm's high-performance trading environment. You will participate in the design, deployment, and maintenance of infrastructure while automating daily software and hardware tasks through scripting and tooling. Key responsibilities include investigating new products and techniques to improve efficiency, managing tier-based storage solutions, overseeing server infrastructure across third-party and local data centres, and performing 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
- Ideally a STEM degree (Bachelors, Masters or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field