Platform Reliability Engineer

Key Responsibilities: - Ensure the production reliability of the firm's Linux-based research and trading platform as part of a globally distributed engineering team. - Provide rapid emergency response to production infrastructure issues. - Proactively understand internal clients' needs and effectively communicate them to leadership at both regional and global levels. - Identify risks, develop contingency plans, and implement solutions to mitigate them. - Develop and enhance the observability platform to monitor the performance and health of critical computing environments. - Participate in occasional (monthly) on-call rotations and support on-call staff during their shifts. - Contribute to organizational knowledge through documentation, education, and writing maintainable code. Qualifications/Skills: - 2+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or other infrastructure engineering roles, preferably within the financial industry. - Strong understanding of Linux system internals, including kernel operations, memory management, and performance optimization. - In-depth knowledge of storage technologies, particularly those used in high-performance computing (GPFS experience is a plus). - Broad understanding of IT infrastructure components, such as networking, DNS, NTP/PTP, and NIS. - Proficiency in system automation, monitoring, and self-healing (experience with Salt is a plus). - Experience with container orchestration and virtualization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Nomad, VMware). - Familiarity with on-premises and cloud-based HPC infrastructure (operational knowledge of Slurm and GPU is a plus). - Understanding of AI technologies and their applications in infrastructure automation and management. Experience with or a strong interest in implementing AI/ML solutions for infrastructure optimization, anomaly detection, or predictive analytics. - A passion for technology and automation, with a deep sense of curiosity and ownership. - A hands-on approach to problem-solving and a demonstrable enthusiasm for technology. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Skills: Devops, Kubernetes, Networking, Linux Experience: 2.00-4.00 Years