Strong Linux knowledge
Experience with systems configuration and provisioning (PXE, Puppet, and Ansible preferred; Terraform)
Understanding of storage concepts (RAID, LVM, popular filesystems, distributed storage)
Basic networking (OSI model, IP protocols, switching/routing)
Ability to code in Python and write shell scripts
DevOps/GitOps mindset
Prior internship experience or 2+ years in full-time systems engineering or infrastructure roles
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.; H-1B visa sponsorship is not available
Experience with distributed storage systems (e.g., Ceph)
Customer support experience and strong problem-solving abilities
Prior experience at a trading or fintech firm, or a strong interest in learning fintech
Database administration (MySQL, ClickHouse, Redis)
Cloud engineering basics (AWS, GCP — compute, storage)
Virtualization and compute workloads (Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, HTCondor)
Systems and network tuning
Monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki)
Ability to travel to data centers in New Jersey or Boston on short notice (within one week)
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