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Eagle Seven Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in Chicago, Illinois
Eagle Seven is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join our team and assist with the design, development, and administration of our trading and research systems. This role is a unique blend of software engineering and system administration that encourages significant interaction with traders, developers, and researchers. The successful candidate will be proactive, have a strong sense of ownership, and be driven to provide creative technical solutions to business problems.
Primary Responsibilities:
Design, implement and maintain highly automated, scalable and resilient infrastructure in support of our real-time trading operations
Build solutions to automate and improve operational reliability and efficiency
Collaborate with various stakeholders to develop automated, customizable and proactive monitoring and reporting systems
Create integrations with various cloud platforms and on-premises data systems
Develop and maintaining binary and text based ETL pipelines
Assist the larger infrastructure team to develop system and network automations that make the team more efficient
Responsible for development and maintenance of our HPC (High-performance computing) cloud-based infrastructure
Develop various REST APIs and assisting with their integration into other projects
Participate in 2nd line support; responding to incidents quickly and appropriately to facilitate diagnosis and resolution
Stay current with the latest technology trends in the industry; propose, evaluate, and deploy innovative solutions
Implement systems adhering to firm-wide security policies and industry best practices
Interact with and administer SQL and NoSQL databases both locally and in the cloud
Requirements
Skills and Experience:
3+ years of experience in Systems, Networking, SRE, or DevOps engineering
Strong programming experience in Python and shell scripting with a version control system such as Git required
Strong command of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Salt Project, Puppet, and related technologies
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub actions, Gitlab CI/CD)
Expertise in cloud technology (AWS and GCP experience preferred)
Experience with containerization, both on-premises (e.g., Kubernetes) and in the public cloud (e.g., Google GKE, Amazon EKS)
Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP networking, architecture, and core technologies (such as DNS, DHCP, HTTP, Routing, VPN)
Knowledge of storage, architecture, and core technologies (such as NFS, block, storage, object storage)
Excellent verbal/written communication skills and documentation/knowledge management skills
Benefits
Eagle Seven offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees.
Medical PPO and HMO coverage through BlueCross BlueShield
Dental coverage through Principal
Vision coverage through VSP
401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Flexible Spending Account
Pre-tax Transit Benefits
Complimentary Lunch and Beverages