Position purpose:

This is an ideal opportunity for a technically proficient leader to bring a group to the next level. As a Technical Manager, you will lead a small but growing team of Linux engineers. You will be a good manager of people and provide technical leadership related to the operation, architecture, design, configuration, and implementation of Linux based solutions within the organization. Additionally, you are expected to interact with the business, understand their needs, and translate into technical solutions.

Primary Duties will include:  

• Managing a diverse and global team of skilled Linux engineer professionals in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Maintaining and developing our Linux Enterprise estate
• Optimize Linux-based systems to achieve maximum performance and minimize latency.
• Demonstrate leadership skills and be able to effectively lead technical staff for effective execution of tasks, while maintaining and developing positive team dynamics.
• Interact with product development teams to understand requirements and translate into technical solutions. 
• Identify opportunities to leverage cloud services and automation.
• Explore and integrate new technologies, transitioning operations from traditional administration to IaaC automated provisioning and configuration management.
• Linux OS engineering using SRE/DevOps methodologies.
• Work closely with other members of the trading team to understand business requirements and develop technical solutions that meet those requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex Linux-related issues, both independently and as part of a team.
• Continuously evaluate modern technologies and tools to improve the performance and reliability of our trading infrastructure, leading implementation, and operationalization of selected solutions
• Develop and maintain technical documentation related to the Linux-based trading infrastructure.
• Follow and enforce Linux best practices and engineering.
• Providing escalation support for subordinates and junior resources
• Evaluating and implementing potential new tools and technologies – IaaS / IaaC models for infrastructure deployment provisioned within containers.
• Ensuring proper planning and execution of major projects/maintenance activities.
• Preparing work schedules to include daily support schedules, holiday work schedules, on-call rotations to ensure adequate coverage of all shifts always.
• Ensuring proper planning and execution of major projects/maintenance activities.
• Develop and lead communication efforts with peers, leadership, and other project stakeholders.
• Professional manner and customer service experience.  

To land this role you will need:

• 5+ years in leadership position.
• A good organizer of people, working effectively under pressure in a high paced and energetic environment.
• Experience with lifecycle/configuration management tools i.e. Ansible, Forman, Terraform.
• Experience with Red Hat and Debian Linux flavors.  
• Experience with cloud services required.  Azure is preferred  
• Effective communications skills both orally and in writing; able to create comprehensive proposals, white papers, and technical documents.
• Ability to set priorities and drive for results.
• Professional manner and customer service experience. 
• Strong programming skills in one or more scripting languages, such as Python, Perl, or Bash.
• Experience with network troubleshooting including TCP/UDP, multicast, packet captures, kernel bypass.
• Experience with configuration management and orchestration tools like Ansible and Jenkins.
• Experience with bare metal provisioning via PXE/Kickstart.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and code review workflows.

What will make you stand out:

• In-Depth of Experience in Linux
• Knowledge of financial markets, trading strategies, and electronic trading systems
• Experience in managing a team of high performance, global Linux Engineers
• Experience with containers: Kubernetes, Docker required.
• Experience with scripting languages; BASH, Python required