Role: Junior Systems Administrator

Base Salary: $75,000-$125,000 commensurate on experience

Location: New York, NY (In-Person or Hybrid)

Overview:

We're expanding our execution services IT team with a position that combines hands-on production support and operational tasks. As a Systems Administrator, you will be given the opportunity to work in a production trading environment. The successful candidate will be a great communicator, able to multi-task, a self-starter who can investigate issues and problem solve, all while maintaining our exceptional standards for system uptime and reliability. You will collaborate well within this small team, helping people when needed, sharing insights, making effective use of other people's time. This is an entry to junior-mid level position suitable for recent graduates or those with up to 3 years relevant experience.

We're not just maintaining existing systems - we're actively investing in our infrastructure future. With a significant budget allocated for new equipment and technology upgrades, you'll participate in building a best-in-class trading/execution platform rather than simply keeping legacy systems running. This is an opportunity to learn modern solutions, work alongside experienced engineers with cutting-edge hardware, and help establish the technical foundation that will drive our growth for years to come.

Key Responsibilities:

Daily production support for Linux (CentOS 7.9/RHEL 9.3) systems and Windows workstations with root/administrator level access
Admin and manage Atlassian products (Wiki, Jira, Bitbucket)
Edit Salt configuration
"Housekeeping" for Linux centric devices and applications; Kickstart process, Nagios monitoring, yum repos, package and firmware updates
Triage and diagnose incidents on the network layer/interface level and be able to communicate initial report to users/clients
Coordinate physical data center work and tasks, as well as write out, schedule, and live support any necessary work. This role occasionally requires in-person visits to our NJ data centers for scheduled maintenance and emergency response.
Availability for routine network change calls that require a Sysadmin during the market downtime and weekend checkouts to ensure the environment is stable come Monday morning open
This role requires availability for urgent after-hours support including system outages, network failures, and other critical incidents that could impact trading operations. This role operates in a high-pressure trading environment where system failures can have immediate financial impact. We need someone who remains calm under pressure and is committed to seeing critical issues through to resolution, even during stressful late-night or weekend emergencies.

Required Qualifications:

Bash scripting experience
Linux system administration experience (user management, services, monitoring)
Experience in interacting directly with clients/users, ideally in finance/trading
Aptitude for multi-tasking, handling interruptions and priority shifts

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with any of the following technologies:

RHEL 9 flavors
Python scripting
Familiarity with HPE ILO (or IDRAC/BMC)
Hyper-V or similar virtual machine technology
Atlassian product experience (Jira, Wiki, Bitbucket)
GIT and GIT branch workflows
SolarFlare or equivalent NIC card
Salt or Ansible
Understanding of switching, networking, VLANs

Experience of participating in a support rotation.

Understanding of Server Switch network layer and troubleshooting methods

Docker and database administration

OS level and hardware level performance optimization techniques

Salary Range: $75,000 USD - $125,000 USD

RQD* Clearing is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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