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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Compute Specialist - **Company:** Squarepoint Capital - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Salary:** $120,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Microsoft Azure, Ubuntu (Operating System), CentOS, Configuration Management, DevOps, Hyper-V, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Kerberos (Protocol), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, OAuth, Octopus Deploy, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Virtualization Technology, Zabbix, Datadog, Data Logging, Pulumi, Google Cloud, Fluentd, Saltstack, Grafana, HybridCloud, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Selinux, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Information Technology, CIS Benchmarks, Terraform, Software Version Control, Serverless Computing, Docker, Elk Stack, Jenkins, Vmware - **Published:** September 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/5da6c4b3-8874-4559-9aad-06d33531030d ## About the Role * Expert-level Linux systems administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) * Configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Chef, SaltStack) * Proficient in Python, Go, or Rust for infrastructure tooling * Experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure (compute, storage, networking, IAM) * Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) * Monitoring and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Zabbix) * Logging and tracing (e.g., ELK stack, Fluentd, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger * Identity and access management (e.g., LDAP, Kerberos, OAuth2) * Cloud-native services (e.g., S3, EBS, GKE, EKS, Cloud Functions) * Git-based workflows and version control * Agile methodologies and DevOps culture * Test-driven infrastructure development and automated testing frameworks * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field Nice to have: * CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD) * Hybrid cloud architecture and workload migration strategies * Virtualization technologies (e.g., KVM, VMware, Hyper-V) * Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects or internal developer platforms * Containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) * Secure system design and hardening (e.g., SELinux, AppArmor, CIS benchmarks) * Experience with Netbox using IPAM and custom modules ## Description Squarepoint is seeking a Platform Specialist to join our global Platform Compute (PLC) team. This role is ideal for experienced engineers with a strong software development background who are passionate about building scalable, resilient infrastructure systems. You will architect, develop, and optimize compute platforms that support our high-performance, data-intensive workloads. You'll work closely with global engineering teams to design and implement infrastructure-as-code, observability pipelines, and self-healing systems. This is a hands-on engineering role with a strong emphasis on automation, performance tuning, and developer enablement., * Architect and evolve scalable compute platforms using modern infrastructure engineering practices. * Design and implement automation frameworks for provisioning, configuration management, and lifecycle operations. * Develop internal tooling and APIs to abstract infrastructure complexity and improve productivity. * Take part in bulk server provisioning which may include using remote hands to complete tasks. * Drive observability initiatives by building and integrating telemetry pipelines (metrics, logs, traces). * Collaborate with software engineering teams to ensure infrastructure supports application scalability, reliability, and security. * Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices across the team. * Participate in on-call, incident response and postmortems, driving long-term improvements through automation and architectural changes. ## Related Videos - [Why segmenting your infrastructure into tiers makes your infrastructure design better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1960-why-segmenting-your-infrastructure-into-tiers-makes-your-infrastructure-design-better) - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [My journey into DevOps world - How it all started!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/545-my-journey-into-devops-world-how-it-all-started) - [Unleashing Potential Across Teams: The Power of Infrastructure as Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/930-unleashing-potential-across-teams-the-power-of-infrastructure-as-code) - [Terraform for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/3-terraform-for-developers) - [Delay the AI Overlords: How OAuth and OpenFGA Can Keep Your AI Agents from Going Rogue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1637-delay-the-ai-overlords-how-oauth-and-openfga-can-keep-your-ai-agents-from-going-rogue) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Learning Kubernetes made easy with KubeCampus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/348-learning-kubernetes-made-easy-with-kubecampus)