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# Linux Engineer

- **Company:** Neutral Street
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, Configuration Management, Linux, Memory Management, Linux Kernel, Multicasting, Network Protocols, Ansible, TCP/IP, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Low Latency, Puppet
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815176137-linux-engineer

## About the Role

* Deep expertise in Linux internals (networking stack, memory management, scheduling)
 * Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, or similar)
 * Knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, Multicast)

## Description

Architect and manage our high-performance Linux environment. You will ensure our trading systems run on the most optimized, secure, and reliable OS configurations possible.

Responsibilities

 * Tune the Linux kernel for ultra-low latency and maximum throughput
 * Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
 * Diagnose complex system-level performance issues
 * Manage hardware lifecycles and evaluate new server architectures

Requirements

 * Deep expertise in Linux internals (networking stack, memory management, scheduling)
 * Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, or similar)
 * Knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, Multicast)


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