Squarepoint Capital

Manages quant-driven, systematic portfolios globally

Trade Flow Support - Trading Infrastructure Support

Site Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 4 years of support experience.
Experience with Linux/Unix administration; RHEL, CentOS, or OEL experience is preferred.
Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting.
Working knowledge of storage and storage protocols; NFS or GPFS experience is a plus.
Experience with infrastructure automation using Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
Experience with Kafka or similar messaging buses.
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling.
Experience with monitoring infrastructure; ELK and Prometheus experience is preferred.
Database administration experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL.
Experience administering container software such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, GKE, or Helm.
Working knowledge of TCP/IP, multicast, tcpdump, and clock synchronization protocols PTP and NTP.
Ability to navigate network equipment command-line interfaces.
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject.

Responsibilities

Provide monitoring and L1/L2 support across all services and respond quickly to outages to maintain high availability.
Identify, analyze, and correct alerts and issues, or escalate them, to minimize trade flow impact and prevent outages.
Interact with the trading community, external vendors, development teams, and infrastructure teams.
Oversee automated processes, scheduled jobs, and regular reports.
Manage user requests, including tracking requests, reviewing approvals, providing updates, and resolving and closing requests.
Identify repetitive activities, manual processes, and suboptimal tools or workflows, and drive continuous improvements through automation and collaboration with internal and external teams.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of ITIL is an advantage.

Position Overview:

The Trading Infrastructure Support Engineer will be part of a highly talented team of support engineers responsible for ensuring high availability of Squarepoint’s mission critical services such Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Build & Deploy, Research and Trading. The candidate will be responsible for providing L1/L2 support across all services globally distributed across APAC, EMEA and AMER regions.

Provide monitoring and L1/L2 support across all services and quickly react to any outages to maintain a highly available environment
Quickly identify, analyze and correct alerts & issues and/or escalate to minimize trade flow impact and preempt outages
Intensive interaction with trading community, external vendors, development and infrastructure teams
Oversee automated processes, scheduled jobs and regular reports
Manage users’ requests: track requests, review approvals, updates, resolution, closure, etc.
Identify inefficiencies such as repetitive activities, manual processes and suboptimum tools/workflows to drive continuous improvements via automation, collaboration with internal and external teams.

Required Qualifications:

4+ years of support experience a must
Experience in Linux/Unix administration (RHEL/CentOS/OEL preferred)
Proficiency in Python, Bash scripting
Good working knowledge of storage and different storage protocols (nfs gpfs a plus)
Experience with Infrastructure automation (Chef, Puppet or Ansible)
Experience with Kafka or like messaging buses
Experience with CICD tooling
Experience with Monitoring infrastructure (ELK and Prometheus preferred)
Database administration experience (MySql or PosgreSql preferred)
Experience in container software administration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, GKE or Helm preferred)
Working knowledge with TCP/IP, multicast, tcpdump, clocking (PTP, NTP)
Ability to navigate network equipment command line
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related subject.

Nice to have:

Highly organized, detailed, control oriented, enjoys solving problems and brings in a "take charge" attitude
Strong verbal/written communication skills required to support daily interaction with internal teams, external vendors and service providers
Self-motivated individual that takes initiatives and has an ownership & accountability mindset
Must show the ability to make quick decisions and establish priorities in a multi-tasking & fast-paced environment
Knowledge of ITIL is an advantage.

About the Company

Squarepoint Capital

Manages quant-driven, systematic portfolios globally

Squarepoint Capital is a global investment manager that uses quantitative and systematic strategies to build diversified portfolios across asset classes, trading frequencies, and global markets for institutional investors. Its approach relies on a large data platform and advanced technology to power research and model-based trading decisions, with portfolios continually adjusted in response to market data. The firm differentiates itself through a broad, multi-asset, multi-frequency framework, a global footprint with offices in thirteen cities, and a collaborative culture that emphasizes rigorous research and disciplined execution. Its goal is to deliver attractive, risk-aware returns for pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds through systematic, data-driven investment processes.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: $1.4B
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2014

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