[LA-Jobs] Senior Linux Systems Engineer | Sydney

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A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website.
http://linux.org.au/senior-linux-systems-engineer-sydney-1
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Who you are

You’re a positive-minded senior engineer with a passion for IT  
infrastructure. You know how things work and how everything needs to fit  
together. You love to improve and optimise systems and you’re always on the  
lookout for better ways to do this. You’re highly technical, easily manage  
projects end-to-end and although you’re detailed and analytical, you enjoy  
working in a team and building relationships with your colleagues and  
stakeholders.

What you’ll do

Working on the latest and greatest in trading system technologies, you’ll  
get to work closely with all teams across the business from Trading to  
Development to ensure that our systems and servers are working at their  
optimum. You know what questions to ask and you know how to talk tech to  
non-techies. Using your knowledge and expertise, you’ll be advising the  
business on ways to improve and optimise our platform and trading environment  
as well as constantly learning and researching new technologies.

The ideal candidate will be happy to share their knowledge with the team as  
well as learn from them, and is looking for a fast-paced, open environment  
where change management and best practices are important and necessary.

Your skills

• 6+ years’ work experience in Linux/UNIX systems administration working  
in medium to large server deployments and configuration management
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to work out what the root  
cause of a problem is and fix it for good
• A keen interest in working closely with the business and our internal  
stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience working in a collaborative team
• Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and interpersonal
• Experience providing expert support, analysis and research into  
exceptionally complex problems.
• Expert scripting capabilities using Python, Shell or Ruby
• Assisting with analysis, evaluation and preparation of recommendations  
for system improvements,       optimisation, development, and/or maintenance  
efforts
• Willingness to work in a low-latency infrastructure environment
• A good understanding of networking principles and protocols

In return for your passion and expertise, you will be involved in many  
interesting and challenging projects. You will be given the opportunity to  
influence the decisions being made regarding our infrastructure and you’ll  
get to take ownership and be accountable for business critical projects.

If this sounds like you then please click the APPLY now button, we look  
forward to hearing from you!

Also, feel free to check out our website to get to know us better  
http://optiver.com/sydney/


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