Lead Unix Linux System Administrator

Company: Ambition
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Location: Greater London
Job Description:

The Trading Infrastructure Support Engineer will join a highly skilled team dedicated to maintaining the high availability and stability of company mission‑critical systems, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Build & Deploy platforms, as well as Research and Trading environments. This role involves providing L1/L2 support for globally distributed services across APAC, EMEA, and AMER regions.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Monitoring all services and delivering responsive L1/L2 support to ensure maximum uptime.
  • Rapidly identifying, assessing, and resolving alerts or issues—or escalating when necessary—to prevent outages and reduce trade flow disruptions.
  • Engaging extensively with traders, external vendors, development teams, and infrastructure teams.
  • Overseeing automated workflows, scheduled tasks, and recurring reports.
  • Managing user requests from intake through closure, including approvals, updates, and documentation.
  • Spotting inefficiencies such as recurring manual tasks or suboptimal processes and driving continuous improvements through automation and collaboration.

Required Qualifications (Rephrased)

  • Minimum of 3-5 years of hands‑on support experience.
  • Strong Linux/Unix administration skills (preferably RHEL, CentOS, or OEL).
  • Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting.
  • Solid knowledge of storage technologies and protocols (NFS; GPFS is a plus).
  • Experience with infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Chef, Puppet, Ansible).
  • Familiarity with Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
  • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and tools.
  • Background in monitoring infrastructure (ELK Stack and Prometheus preferred).
  • Database administration experience (MySQL or PostgreSQL preferred).
  • Experience managing containerized environments (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, GKE, or Helm preferred).
  • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, multicast, tcpdump, and time synchronization protocols (PTP, NTP).

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Posted: April 17th, 2026