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Who We Are

Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through the generous stewardship of the wealth we create.

TMG is a well-established and profitable business as a respected member of the global financial system for over 40 years, but also is like a startup because the potential of our group is at least one order of magnitude greater than what we are currently producing. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise.

Responsibilities

Ownership over our data center infrastructure, tasked with all aspects of keeping it up and operating in an optimal and reliable manner
Contacting third-party vendors about remote equipment installation and maintenance and then supervising those projects through completion
Performing hardware installation and troubleshooting existing hardware
Documenting both new and established procedures to establish and foster best practices firmwide
Cooperating with other engineers to provide stable and secure deployments of new infrastructure components
Working with network engineers to reliably upgrade and replace old network equipment
Developing an automated provisioning system and keeping the inventory system up to date
Troubleshooting software issues that might be related to hardware failures
Providing in-office hardware support
Working as part of an in-office team to collaborate directly with our experienced traders and technologists on brainstorming and implementing creative solutions to a wide range of problems

Requirements

BA/BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related experience
2+ years of experience in related field
Hands-on experience cabling, racking, and installing bare metal servers, network devices, and network cards
Experience with remote management tools for servers (iDrac, iLO)
Understanding of automated provisioning tools (PXE, Foreman) and ability to create installation files (kickstart, preseed)
Experience with Linux at the administration level (Debian, CentOS)
Working experience with Windows is a plus
Practical knowledge of inventory tools (Netbox)
Good understanding of monitoring tools (Icinga2, Grafana, ELK)
Experience with infrastructure management tools (Ansible, Puppet)
Good management skills with ticketing and documentation tools (Jira, Confluence)
Experience with scripting and automation (Python, Bash or other) is a plus
Experience in a low latency environment a strong plus, e.g., Solarflare, Onload, PTP

Additional Requirements

Flexibility to occasionally work outside of core business hours and on weekends.
Ability to travel and provide support to other regions occasionally as needed.
This position requires physical presence and is onsite (no remote work)

Benefits

We offer one of the most generous profit sharing programs in the industry because we believe our employees should be able to take part in our rapid growth and success. We are proud to offer more world-class benefits for our full-time employees and their families.

TransMarket Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

Infrastructure Engineer

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