Senior Systems Engineer

WHO WE ARE
We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm. You'll find us headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade building. PEAK6 uses technology to find a better way of doing things. The company's first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6's core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, PEAK6 InsurTech, Evil Geniuses, Poker Power, and Zogo.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a member of our Infrastructure team at PEAK6 Capital Management, you'll have a big impact on the firm. You'll work within our proprietary trading entity and have genuine opportunities to lead projects to optimize dev teams and to deploy their applications. We encourage our teams to explore, learn, and implement new technologies. This is a role for someone who flourishes in a fast-paced environment, takes responsibility for overall systems architecture, and has a solid understanding of designing, deploying, and supporting Linux for end users. This role will report to the Engineering Manager.
What you'll do all day:

• Optimizing system performance and stability on critical Linux trading systems
• Monitoring, maintaining, and supporting a variety of underlying infrastructure systems such as Kubernetes (K8s), open source virtualization solutions (Proxmox), and Saltstack
• Writing and maintaining Python, Shell, and other scripts that automate tech operations
• Working closely with software development teams to operationalize new applications
• Administration of various STaaS infrastructures.
• Research and implement new systems that improve the way PEAK6 applications run
• Maintain and monitor a server environment of 300+ physical servers and 700+ virtual machines, SAN storage, and other associated hardware components

We're looking for someone who has:

• B.S. or equivalent degree
• 5+ years' experience working with Debian/Ubuntu distributions preferred. Familiarity with other Linux distributions is a plus.
• Experience programming and scripting in Python and Shell
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as Proxmox, QEMU/KVM.
• Deep knowledge of container orchestration technologies, Kubernetes (K8s), CNI, Istio.
• Linux performance troubleshooting experience
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Salt)
• Experience with data virtualization and monitoring technologies like Grafana, Check_MK, and/or Prometheus a plus.
• Knowledge of or administration experience with Elasticsearch, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, MetalLB, and/or Ceph would be a bonus.

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OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. As a hybrid workforce, we offer our employees the ability to work remotely up to two days a week.
PEAK6 is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.