Insight Global is seeking a seasoned Linux Systems Engineer, specifically focusing on Market Data to join a leading global investment firm. In this position, you will contribute to a specialized infrastructure team focused on designing, engineering, and supporting Linux-based systems and market data platforms within latency-sensitive trading environments. Your responsibilities will include managing infrastructure changes across co-located Linux servers, maintaining and monitoring real-time market data systems, and coordinating with vendors and exchanges on protocol updates and operational matters. You will also analyze packet captures to ensure data integrity, collaborate with market data capture providers to enhance performance, and implement robust monitoring solutions using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. The team operates with a forward-thinking and performance-oriented approach, continuously optimizing server and network configurations while leveraging cloud infrastructure to support large-scale research and trading operations. The overarching objective is to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable systems that empower systematic strategies to operate at peak efficiency.
This is a permanent position and would require you to be on-site 3 days a week out of the office in London.
Must-Haves
* Senior experience as a Linux system admin in HFT (High-Frequency Trading) environments. For ex. Tuning experience.
* Recent experience supporting front-office trading applications and low-latency environments. For ex. Application stack, Photon Stack, Infrastructure for futures and stocks.
* Experience with scripting in Python and Bash.
* Proficient in infrastructure and application monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana.
* Experience with version control repositories (Bitbucket/Github) and CI/CD tools.
* Understanding of networking fundamentals.
* Experience with cloud services, AWS preferred.
Plusses
* FPGA card
* Majority of career in high-frequency trading
* Experience supporting market data feeds