About the job
Virtu Financial, Inc. stands at the forefront of the financial industry, utilizing state-of-the-art technology to provide liquidity and innovative trading solutions globally. As a prominent market maker, we are committed to enhancing market efficiency by offering deep liquidity across a wide spectrum of over 19,000 securities across 235 venues in 36 countries.
THE ROLE
Our advanced trading platform operates on high-performance servers strategically distributed across global data centers and offices. These servers are meticulously automated and optimized to fulfill the escalating demands of our operations. As a Systems Engineer, you will be pivotal in designing, constructing, and supporting these servers, collaborating with engineers from our worldwide teams to ensure our trading platform remains industry-leading.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues on Linux-based servers.
- Develop, test, deploy, and maintain packages, batch files, and scripts for the operating system environment.
- Identify optimization opportunities to minimize latency and enhance operational efficiency.
- Oversee move, add, change requests and configurations as required.
- Collaborate with internal technology teams and vendors to deliver optimal solutions.
- Assist in formulating long-term infrastructure strategies and capacity planning to accommodate future platform infrastructure needs.
THE CANDIDATE
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Linux/Unix administration.
- Experience with kernel tuning.
- Strong knowledge of networking protocols and network topology (NFS, DHCP, IP, TCP, UDP, TFTP, NTP).
- Familiarity with Kickstart, Ansible, Yum, Git, SVN.
- Proficient in scripting languages (Bash, Python, etc.).
- Experience with BIOS configuration.
- Analytical, innovative, and strategic problem-solver.
- Self-driven and proactive with excellent organizational and time management skills.
- High adaptability to changing priorities.
- Able to manage multiple projects and coordinate with various teams and vendors while handling daily production support activities.
WHY VIRTU
- An opportunity to make a significant impact in a highly visible role.
- Ideal for upward mobility and geographic flexibility.
- Direct interaction with decision-makers and senior leadership.

