From jobs at lists.linux.org.au Wed Mar 18 12:59:05 2015 From: jobs at lists.linux.org.au (LA Jobs List) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:59:05 +1100 Subject: [LA-Jobs] Casual Ubuntu programmer at University of Tasmania Message-ID: A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website. http://linux.org.au/casual-ubuntu-programmer-university-tasmania =================== If you have skills with open-source and Linux, then I have a few days work for you. You?ll be working on a bootable USB operating system and making changes to the compressed installer. Launceston based applicants preferred, but not essential. For more information please phone me on 6324 3284, or e-mail me for an appointment at Andrew.Fluck at utas.edu.au. The appointment will be at HEO Level 6 for about 40 hours. See utas.edu.au and eexams.org for further background on the institution and project. Applications close 24Mar15, with the work to be done by 17Apr15. =================== From jobs at lists.linux.org.au Wed Mar 18 12:59:25 2015 From: jobs at lists.linux.org.au (LA Jobs List) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:59:25 +1100 Subject: [LA-Jobs] Senior Linux Trading Systems Engineer Message-ID: A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website. http://linux.org.au/senior-linux-trading-systems-engineer =================== In an environment where microseconds matter, our systems need to perform at their peak, all day, every day. As a Trading Systems Engineer you work in the production environment where you are the Mechanic of the trading systems that drive Optiver?s core business. You?ll be responsible for the entire trading system, from end-to-end (servers, networks, software deployments etc.). You'll be entrusted with the delivery of game-changing ideas, performance analysis and improvements and coordinating incident responses. Your goal is flawless execution at every stage. Whilst this is not a development or systems admin role, it incorporates elements of both. You?ll often find yourself on the trading floor as a trusted advisor to our traders on operational decisions. You excel in taking real business problems and solving them with cutting edge technology. Who you are You're a solution-oriented engineer who wants to have a direct impact on the business. You want to work with systems end-to-end and you don?t shy away from intricate low level details. You love to problem solve, troubleshoot and get your hands dirty with technology. You?re customer-focused, communicate strongly and enjoy engaging others face-to-face. A critical thinker when it comes to troubleshooting and analysis, you recognise the smallest of details and patterns, leave no stone unturned, ask all the right questions and are always looking to improve how things work. Technical skills ? Experience working in System Administration, IT Operations / DevOps / Release management or any technical role that requires complex troubleshooting, incident management and production support ? A solid understanding of Linux / UNIX ? Good scripting skills. Experience with Python and/or software development is highly regarded ? You are excellent at troubleshooting and root cause analysis ? Networking experience will be very useful but it's not a deal breaker if you haven't had any Soft skills ? You?re awesome. ? You're a team player ? Excellent communication skills - verbal, written and face-to-face ? You're a strong problem solver ? You know how to and understand the importance of managing expectations ? Easily liaise with both techies and non-techies and talk tech to non-techies ? Love to learn and often find you are trying to improve just about everything, all the time ? You?re efficient and keep a cool head under fire You don't need to have had prior experience in trading or finance to be successful in this role. We will support you and give you all the training, love, and guidance you need to be the best you can be Please contact Kassidy at Kassidy.mulley at optiver.com.au or apply to http://alescoprod.talent2payroll.com/pls/aparbtpp/WK8127$APP.FormInsert?P_VACANCY_REF_NO=168 Thank you and I look forward hearing from you! =================== Attachments: * http://linux.org.au/files/jobs/Senior Trading Systems Engineer Role Description.pdf - From jobs at lists.linux.org.au Wed Mar 18 13:00:17 2015 From: jobs at lists.linux.org.au (LA Jobs List) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:00:17 +1100 Subject: [LA-Jobs] Trading Systems Reliability Engineer Message-ID: A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website. http://linux.org.au/trading-systems-reliability-engineer-0 =================== Trading Systems Reliability Engineer Permanent Full time Sydney CBD Salary negotiable based on experience About Optiver Optiver is a proprietary global market maker, trading on all major financial markets around the world, putting only its own capital at risk. Making markets in financial products is Optiver's core business. We take our time finding great people. Once we've found them, we don't want to lose them, so we offer lots of benefits, like terrific training and career development programs, casual attire, extended annual leave benefits, paid maternity and paternity leave, access to an employee assistance program, and on-site flu vaccinations. Our people look forward to breakfast and lunch every day prepared by our onsite chef, onsite barista, a weekly massage, free gym membership, a games room, and sponsored sporting teams. We also have monthly and quarterly team events. This is one of the reasons Optiver has been voted in the top two spots on the BRW Best Places to Work in the last two years in a row! About the role In an environment where microseconds matter, our trading systems need to perform at their peak, all day, every day. As a Trading Systems Reliability Engineer you work in the production environment where you are a mechanic of the systems that drive Optiver's core business. You'll be responsible for the entire trading system, from end-to-end (servers, networks, software deployments etc). You'll be entrusted with the delivery of game-changing ideas, performance analysis/ improvements and coordinating incident responses. Your goal is flawless execution at every stage. Whilst this is not a development or systems admin role, it incorporates elements of both. You'll often find yourself on the trading floor as a trusted advisor to our traders on operational decisions. You excel in taking real business problems and solving them with cutting edge technology. Who you are You're a solution-oriented engineer who wants to have a direct impact on the business. You want to work with systems end-to-end and you don't shy away from intricate low level details. You love to problem solve, troubleshoot and get your hands dirty with technology. You're customer-focused, communicate strongly and enjoy engaging others face-to-face. A critical thinker when it comes to troubleshooting and analysis, you recognise the smallest of details and patterns, leave no stone unturned, ask all the right questions and are always looking to improve how things work. Technical skills * Experience working in System Administration, IT Operations / DevOps / Release management or any technical role that requires complex troubleshooting, incident management and production support * A solid understanding of Linux / UNIX * Good scripting skills. Experience with Python and/or software development is highly regarded * You are excellent at troubleshooting and root cause analysis * Networking experience will be very useful but it's not a deal breaker if you haven't had any Soft skills * You're awesome * You're a team player * Excellent communication skills - verbal, written and face-to-face * You're a strong problem solver * You know how to and understand the importance of managing expectations * Easily liaise with both techies and non-techies and talk tech to non-techies * Love to learn and often find you are trying to improve just about everything, all the time * You're efficient and keep a cool head under fire If you are interested in discussing this opportunity please send your resume to Kassidy at Kassidy.mulley at optiver.com.au or give me a call on # 02 9275 6950. http://www.optiver.com/sydney/ =================== From jobs at lists.linux.org.au Wed Mar 18 13:01:01 2015 From: jobs at lists.linux.org.au (LA Jobs List) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:01:01 +1100 Subject: [LA-Jobs] Production Operations Engineer Message-ID: A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website. http://linux.org.au/production-operations-engineer =================== Production Operations Engineer * Permanent full time, starting ASAP * Anywhere in Australia * Competitive salary, negotiable POSITION STRUCTURE The key purpose of this role is to work in a distributed engineering team - designing, building and managing our rapid-scaling, fault-tolerant, complex, real-time, globally distributed systems. Excellence is an ongoing process. The role is focused on making continual improvements to our production operations and development systems. Key areas are: * Automation and tools * Shell scripting * Performance tuning and optimisation * Monitoring We are looking for someone with broad systems design and administration knowledge, who ideally has an understanding or an idea of what OOM-killer would look like at scale. We?re looking for someone that has at least four years working in an administrative space, e.g. tech support, desktop support, etc and at least six years working in a commercial operations context with Linux-based systems. FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - WHAT?S THE CRAIC? This is a dynamic and varied role, which includes things like: * Build, deployment and maintenance of new and existing environments * Designing and maintaining highly available architectures * Security (patch management, vulnerability scanning & monitoring) * Uptime ? designing and maintaining the systems and networking for uptime, resilience - architecting for failure. * Evaluation of new cutting-edge technologies to help improve business processes and streamline * Develop highly-available, scalable, robust systems * Take ownership of problems as they occur * On-call rota LOCATION You will be our first Australian colleague, with other members of the team split between the US, Spain and UK, and as such are free to work from anywhere you like. From setting up a local office, a coffee shop in Sydney, to the deepest outback - WiFi permitting of course. In a role like this location is irrelevant, and the magic happens over skype, chat & email. REWARDS We are a 40-strong super-fast-scaling video advertising technology company. Pay is market rate but negotiable, and like everyone else in the business you?ll get share options too. COMPANY OVERVIEW Coull is a global digital video technology platform which unlocks the full potential and value of video content. Coull works with the world's leading global publishers, brands, media agencies and ad networks to drive maximum performance and distribution from digital video content across all devices, platforms and across over 200+ markets. We live by our mantra - "To become the global leader in digital content monetisation, creating lucrative additional revenue streams for publishers and unique new opportunities for advertisers." Coull is a young, dynamic and ambitious business. Our HQ is in Bristol where our development team is based. We have further offices in London and Santa Barbara (US) where our sales and account management teams sit, with a planned new office opening in New York in Q3 2014. Coull is led by an outstanding leadership team of digital experts from internet start-ups and leading media agencies who have an unrivalled expertise in the video sector. The technology platform has been built internally and is proprietary to Coull, creating a new global video inventory for publishers and advertisers to drive revenue and or performance. Coull has partnered with leading global technology partners covering programmatic (SSP), data (DMP) and audience data to drive scale. To apply please see details on http://coull.com/about/jobs/production-operations-engineer-aus ===================