Systems Engineer / Senior Systems Engineer

Nodal Exchange•Tysons, VA

15h•$120,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Systems Engineer/Senior Systems Engineer Nodal Exchange, the largest power futures exchange in North America, is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management to participants. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world's largest sets of environmental and electric power futures and options contracts. All transactions on Nodal Exchange (power, environmental and natural gas) are cleared through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nodal Clear, using its award-winning portfolio margining methodology. As leaders in innovation, Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear have built in-house most of the trading and clearing platforms that fuel our business. Nodal Exchange is part of the EEX Group which is in turn part of the Deutsche Börse Group. We are now looking for talented, innovative individuals to join our team in Tyson’s Corner, VA (DC Metro area).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a closely related field
5+ years of related experience
Strong fundamental Linux Administration skills (LFCS or RHCE level)
Strong fundamental Windows Administration skills (MCSE or MCWSHAA level)
Proficient in at least one scripting language such as Python, Powershell and/or Bash
Strong problem-solving skills
Experience working with VMware vCenter and ESXi
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
Confidence in own ideas along with openness to others’ ideas

Nice To Haves

Experience with SQL/Postgres/Database experience
Experience with automation tools (Puppet, Ansible, Rundeck etc.)
Experience with HashiCorp products like Terraform and Vault.
Experience with log analysis using Splunk
Experience in transforming legacy applications to cloud.
Experience in system performance tuning and security hardening.
Experience in administering databases such as Postgres
Experience working with any of the big public cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain robust operating environments for key technologies and applications.
Maintain virtualized infrastructure both on-premises and in the cloud.
Plan and execute upgrades to operating systems on deployed servers.
Deploy and provision new server hardware.
Be an integral part of many technology phases: Evaluation, procurement, design, configuration, deployment, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, restoration and recovery.
Willing to participate in on-call rotation in line with the industry practices.