- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States · published
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Workable
Description
Eagle Seven is seeking a Senior Systems Engineerto lead the technical design, planning, and implementation of our hardware and operating system strategies. In this role, you will act as a key technical expert with direct influence over the design, implementation, and performance of our trading systems. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who takes initiative, demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and is driven to provide creative and skilled solutions to technical problems and business challenges.
Primary Responsibilities include:
- Driving the planning and execution of technical projects focused on optimizing Linux-based trading systems, including hardware, network, and OS improvements.
- Managing and enhancing a global trading infrastructure to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability.
- Developing solutions to automate and resolve a wide range of infrastructure tasks and issues to ensure seamless operations along with reducing manual intervention.
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting complex hardware and software problems, providing rapid resolutions to minimize downtime.
- Overseeing system installations, ensuring they are maintained to the latest firm standards.
- Conducting benchmarking and fine-tuning to optimize system and application performance.
- Providing technical expertise and guidance to improve existing hardware strategy including standards, life-cycle periods, vendor management and capacity planning.
- Staying current with the latest technology trends in the industry; propose, evaluate and implement new solutions.