Linux Platform Engineer - Trading Infrastructure

Qube Research & Technologies
UK
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

LTE (Telecommunication) Bash Shell C++ (Programming Language) Configuration Management Protocol Stack Linux Monitoring of Systems Internet Group Management Protocols Integrated Development Environments Python (Programming Language) Local Area Networks Network Protocols
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Performance Tuning Release Management Ansible Prometheus Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Wide Area Networks Grafana Low Latency Puppet Splunk Software Version Control

Job description

You will join the global infrastructure team, responsible for QRT’s Linux estate, including trading infrastructure and low-latency platforms. The team works closely with application and support functions to deliver secure, high-performance, and scalable solutions for the business.

  • Manage and evolve QRT’s Linux platform to support global trading environments
  • Work with application and support teams to maintain a secure and scalable infrastructure
  • Lead the design and implementation of automation frameworks, tools, and processes
  • Contribute to the development of monitoring and observability capabilities
  • Analyse and tune performance across systems, networks, and applications
  • Support build/release management processes
  • Collaborate within a version-controlled development environment

Requirements

  • Strong expertise in Linux (preferably Red Hat-based distributions)
  • Experience building and administering large-scale or latency-sensitive platforms
  • Extensive experience with architecture and long-term evolution of automation and configuration management systems (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Splunk, Elastic, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Experience with build/release management systems.
  • Solid programming skills in Python and Bash (C/C++ is a plus)
  • Detailed understanding of server network stack, network protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP, IGMP, LAN and WAN technologies)
  • Experience of performance analysis and tuning
  • Experience working in a collaborative development environment using source control
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills
  • Effective communication and teamwork skills

Benefits & conditions

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

About the company

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology- and data-driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset, which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high-quality returns for our investors.

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