Ultra-Low-Latency Platform Engineer

3 months ago


Singapore Oxford Knight Full time
Salary: Competitive

Our client is a leading quant and systematic hedge fund, leveraging a deep knowledge of trading, technology and operations to deliver high-quality, uncorrelated returns. Seeking a Linux Platform Engineer with a background in ultra low latency systems to join their team in London or Singapore.

In this role, you will provide low-latency infrastructure solutions consistently across 400+ servers at 22+ global sites. Your responsibilities will cover project delivery, support escalations, monitoring, automation, security, documentation and capacity management. This will involve collaborating with business partners, application owners, clients, vendors and internal teams to deliver systems, based on Linux (CentOS and Rocky) in response to requirements and day-to-day requests. You'll also take the initiative where possible to automate routine tasks and promote the practice of Infrastructure as Code.

This is a technology and data-driven firm, offering excellent opportunities for career growth. You'll be expected to be well-organized, proactive, resourceful; able to handle a fast-paced, dynamic environment, question the status quo; be accountable and possess an ownership mindset.

Requirements
  • 5+ years' experience working with Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky preferred) in a large environment focused on operations, systems engineering and systems performance
  • Experience in server management and support: HP, SuperMicro, Dell, various overclock servers
  • Proficiency with low latency network interfaces and kernel bypass (configuration and optimization): Solarflare with onload, Mellanox with VMA
  • In-depth knowledge of server network stack configuration, tuning & troubleshooting including TCP, UDP (unicast/multicast), NTP, PTP, wireshark/tshark
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or related)
  • Excellent critical and analytical problem-solving skills

Nice to have
  • Good knowledge of system hardware/OS tuning and performance troubleshooting, understanding of CPU architectures
  • Experience with build and configuration management tools, specifically Chef or Ansible
  • Experience with observability tools, in particular Grafana & Prometheus
  • Experience with scripting & automation (Python, Ruby, Bash)

Benefits
  • Great opportunity to be part of a tech-driven environment with close collaboration between desks
  • Market-leading compensation + generous benefits
  • Relaxed, friendly culture, with a regular socials
  • Hybrid working flexibility


Contact
If you think you are a strong match for this role, please don't hesitate to get in touch

Kishan Patel
kishan.patel@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0)20 3137 9572
linkedin.com/in/kishan-patel-4029aa8b



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