System Engineer, Linux Technology

Point72 • Stamford, CT

4h

About The Position

As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications.
As a member of Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one—helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact for our multi-billion-dollar global business.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 3-5 years of experience working as a platform engineer in a production environment, with experience in system administration
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platforms such as git, Bitbucket, Ansible, GitOps, and/or Terraform
• Experience with cloud compute platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Strong experience with Ansible for automation or other configuration management platforms
• Familiarity with CSI drivers and storage integrations for Kubernetes and cloud platforms
• Demonstrated proficiency in scripting languages, such as Bash, for automation and task scripting
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and services relevant to cloud and container platforms, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, ingress/egress, and service networking
• Experience implementing and operating monitoring, metrics, and alerting solutions for cloud and container platforms, with the ability to analyze and troubleshoot performance and reliability issues
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot container platforms and related components
• Perform in-depth analysis for post-impact resolution, root cause analysis (RCA), remedial actions, and problem management
• Troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines
• Perform production releases adhering to change management guidelines
• Participate in our Infrastructure Support team’s daily stand-ups, review open issues, and establish priorities
• Contribute to managing the container support team’s incident and request queue and address tickets in a timely manner
• Manage and troubleshoot Active Directory (AD) integrated authentication on containers
• Monitor cluster performance, analyze logs, and proactively address issues, while collaborating with cross-functional teams as needed
• Provide operational support and guidance to application development teams
• Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, and best practices

Benefits

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Non-profit matching gift program
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBT+ community
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level