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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
- Optimizing system stability and performance on critical Linux trading systems
- Monitoring, maintaining, and supporting a variety of underlying infrastructure components
- Writing and maintaining scripts that allow us to build and deploy new infrastructure and leverage new opportunities
- Researching and implementing new systems that improve our visibility into our deployed software and infrastructure
- Maintaining and monitoring server environments, virtual machines, storage, and other associated hardware components
- Ensuring that software and infrastructure components are up-to-date and free of any security vulnerabilities
- Sharing your knowledge with other employees and creating needed documentation
- Working on automated provisioning of new servers and updating of existing ones
- Troubleshooting and providing support with managed systems and tools
- 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
- Experience with scripting and automation (Python, Bash or other scripting languages)
- Experience configuring and maintaining monitoring tools and solutions (Icinga2, Nagios) (Icinga2, Nagios)
- Understanding of the Linux operating system at the administration level (Debian, CentOS)
- Extensive Linux troubleshooting experience (tcpdump, mdump, netstat, logs)
- Practical experience with container-based technology (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with infrastructure management tools (Ansible, Puppet)
- Proficient with code collaboration tools (git, GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- Understanding of automated provisioning tools (PXE, Foreman)
- 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.
