Systems Engineer
Tower Research CapitalAbout the Role
This role supports, maintains, and enhances Tower Research Capital's trading Linux infrastructure, serving as a critical part of the platform that powers the firm's world-class systematic trading operations. You will provide day-to-day support for complex Linux environments including emergency responses, troubleshooting, and performance optimization across on-premises and cloud data centers. Your responsibilities include developing automation and monitoring tools, managing core services (DHCP, LDAP, DNS, NFS), reviewing and implementing cloud trading system designs, and improving performance, resilience, and observability of critical 24/7 trading infrastructure optimized for high-frequency, low-latency processing.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in maintenance, operation, and administration of a sufficiently advanced Linux environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of operating system principles, with a particular focus on Linux internals
- Competence in server-side networking, including understanding network protocols and configurations
- Proficiency in developing automation and monitoring tools
- Experience with configuration management, provisioning, and orchestration tool (Ansible)
- Good knowledge of Python, expert knowledge of Bash for scripting and automation tasks in a Linux environment
- Understanding of Linux configuration management, source control, CI/CD, and automated deployment
- Experience of continuous improvement and/or refactoring of infrastructure automation to improve the stability, reliability and performance of the Cloud platforms in a fast moving environment that needs to remain responsive to trading team requirements
- Good problem-solving skills, underpinned by a methodical approach to technical challenges. This includes an ability to communicate effectively, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills, a sense of responsibility, and a commitment to driving projects to completion.
- Comfort using AI in day-to-day activities
- Strong expertise in AWS compute, networking and storage services (EC2, ENA, VPC, ELB, Direct Connect, S3, EBS) in the context of low latency performance engineering, including how Linux operating system and kernel components are specifically tuned for an EC2 environment and the AWS network
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker and/or Kubernetes
- Participation in open source or personal projects
- Certifications in AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, AWS Advanced Networking
What You'll Get
- Generous paid time off policies
- Savings plans and other financial wellness tools available in each region
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily
- In-office wellness experiences and reimbursement for select wellness expenses (e.g., gym, personal training and more)
- Company-sponsored sports teams and fitness events (JPM Corporate Challenge, Cycle for Survival, Wall Street Rides FAR and more)
- Volunteer opportunities and charitable giving
- Social events, happy hours, treats, and celebrations throughout the year
- Workshops and continuous learning opportunities