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# Senior Linux Engineer | Quant firm | Chicago/NYC

- **Company:** Acquire me
- **Location:** Mundelein, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Packaging, Bash Shell, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Multicasting, Routing, Ansible, Software Configuration Management, Private Cloud Environment, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Low Latency, Puppet, Server Operating Systems & Platforms
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/70e49224-f585-45ab-9c91-8fe7d3b55350/senior-linux-engineer-quant-firm-chicagonyc

## About the Role

* Extensive Linux engineering experience across large-scale, highly available server environments.
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 * Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
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 * Proficiency in Python, Bash or another language for automation and systems tooling.
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 * Experience diagnosing Linux performance issues across CPU, memory, storage and networking.
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 * Experience with repeatable server provisioning, software packaging, repository management and monitoring.
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 * Solid understanding of networking, routing, multicast and core infrastructure services
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 * Background supporting latency-sensitive workloads in a trading environment
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 * Familiarity with virtualization, private cloud or container platforms would be useful.
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## Description

My client, a leading trading firm is hiring a Senior Linux Engineer to help shape the infrastructure supporting its trading and development teams. You'll join an established engineering team responsible for a substantial Linux estate, with ownership across performance, reliability and how systems are deployed and managed.