Tradeweb

Senior Linux Engineer

Tradeweb$200K — $250K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 10+ years of experience in Linux roles, focusing on enterprise-level support and maintenance.
  • Strong knowledge of Linux administration, OS hardening, and kernel optimization.
  • Experience managing thousands of Linux hosts in on-premises environments.
  • Familiar with RHEL and various storage technologies; experience with Kubernetes is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement system architecture for the Linux platform across the firm.
  • Participate in regular patching and maintenance of the Linux environment.
  • Drive automation of system builds and patching processes.
  • Automate deployment and maintenance tasks using pipelines.
  • Build and deploy monitoring tools for infrastructure, security, and applications.
  • Collaborate with InfoSec to generate actionable system logs for the SOC.
  • Define and monitor SLAs, along with alarm and escalation procedures.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible hybrid work environment combining office and remote work.
  • Pre-tax health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
  • Generous family building benefits including $10,000 for fertility and adoption-related costs.
  • 401(k) savings plan with a 100% match on the first 4% of contributions.
  • Access to a variety of well-being programs including legal services, wellness perks, and gym subsidies.
  • Tuition reimbursement and financial wellness tools.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Group Details

The Linux engineering team are responsible for Tradeweb's Linux runtime environment. As a member of this global team, you will play a vital part in the strategy and operations of the firm. You will be heavily involved in the hardening of the OS, development and running of deployment tooling, and optimization of the platform for a low latency environment. In addition, you will also be asked to plan and execute the provisioning of new installations and the upgrades/patches of current deployments.

The preferred candidate is a self-starter and well-rounded professional with strong knowledge in systems, system administration, systems engineering, storage, security and networking. The candidate should be passionate about technology and eager to work with team members in a fast-paced environment developing solutions supporting business objectives.

Tradeweb Technology jobs are fully remote. The Tradeweb Technology hub is in our Jersey City office, which can be used for team meetings and collaboration efforts. There may be days where travel to the Jersey City office is recommended for organizational off sites.

Job Responsibilities
  • Designing and implementing system architecture and operational duties for the firm's Linux platform across all business lines.
  • Take part in regular patching of the Linux environment.
  • Help drive efforts to further automate systems builds and patching
  • Automate deployment and routine maintenance of the environment using pipelines.
  • Build and deploy infrastructure, security and application monitoring tooling.
  • Work closely with the InfoSec team to provide detailed and actionable system logs to the SOC.
  • Define and monitor system SLA, build alarming and escalation procedures.
  • Aid application teams to debug performance/availability issues and provide subject matter expertise to application support teams.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support your environment.
  • Perform detailed root cause analysis and write clear and detailed postmortem reports including suggested long-term mitigation and remediation projects.
  • Proactively monitor utilization and performance and recommend capacity management strategies.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience).
  • 10+ years of professional experience in Linux-based roles, with demonstrated expertise in supporting, administering, and maintaining Linux operating systems in enterprise environments.
  • Very strong knowledge of the Linux platform, including regular system administration, kernel optimization, OS hardening and the Linux networking stack.
  • Experience managing thousands of Linux hosts in on-prem environment
  • Strong familiarization with RHEL is a plus
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Good understanding with various storage technologies and SAN/NAS protocols.
  • Demonstrated experience debugging OS issues in a complex business environment.
  • Experience with one or more virtualization environment in a production setting.
  • Strong sense of system hygiene and attention to detail, focused on driving projects to completion.
  • Strong proclivity for automation, including demonstrated experience building automated deployment tooling for Linux using Ansible or similar tools.
  • Experience managing Kubernetes
  • AWS cloud experience with EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, Glacier is a plus
  • Demonstrated coding ability in system automation, preferred languages Python and bash.
  • Experience in a low-latency environment is a plus, e.g. Solarflare or OpenOnload
  • Experience deploying and managing several infrastructure and application monitoring tools and using those tools to make data driven operational decisions.

Additional Information

Tradeweb is committed to providing valuable and competitive benefits. In addition to working in our culture of innovation and collaboration, we offer:
  • Health Insurance: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
  • Hybrid Environment: Our employees have the flexibility of working in the office and from home.
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts: You may elect to set aside pre-tax earnings to pay for eligible health care and dependent day care expenses for you and your eligible family members.
  • Maven Family Building Benefit: Maven offers support for fertility and preconception; pregnancy and post-partum; adoption; surrogacy and pediatrics for children up to age 10. Tradeweb provides a $10,000 lifetime reimbursement towards fertility, egg freezing, adoption and surrogacy expenses.
  • Building Wealth - 401(k) Savings Plan: Employees are immediately eligible for the 401(k) plan. Participants may contribute up to 75% of eligible compensation into a traditional 401(k) and/or Roth 401(k). Tradeweb will match 100% of the first 4% of compensation that you contribute.
  • The current pay range for this role is currently $ 200,000 to $250,000 per year, based on a regular, full-time schedule. The amount of pay offered will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to qualifications, market data, and internal guidelines.
  • This role will also be eligible to participate in Tradeweb's discretionary bonus program.
  • This role is expected to remain open until 8/3/2026.

Other Benefit Programs
  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits Program
  • ARAG Legal Services
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Financial Wellness Tools
  • Travel Assistance Benefits
  • Pet Insurance
  • Corporate Gym Subsidies
  • Wellness Perks
  • Paid Time Off and Parental Leave

About Tradeweb

Tradeweb Markets Inc is a financial services company that provides electronic trading platforms for fixed income, derivatives, and ETFs. The company's platforms are used by institutional investors, dealers, and other financial market participants to trade a range of financial instruments. Tradeweb Markets Inc was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Learn more about Tradeweb
Size
1,046 employees
Market Cap
$14.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$166.3 million
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+16.9%
Revenue
$892.6 million
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