About FlexTrade

FlexTrade Systems is a global leader in high performance multi-asset execution management and order management systems for equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures, and options. A pioneer in the field, FlexTrade is internationally recognized for introducing FlexTRADER®, the world’s first broker-neutral, execution management trading system, which allows clients to completely control and customize their execution workflows through a comprehensive ability to search/access liquidity while maintaining the confidentiality of their trading strategies.

The Team

IT Team at FlexTrade is a fast-growing team and vital function of our business. We are a group of ‘get it done’ builders and visionaries that are client-focused and strategically minded. Although we are a small team, we leverage our cross-functional expertise to deliver quality campaigns to our stakeholders from strategy through execution. You will be part of a team managing a fully virtualized Linux and Windows infrastructure and Cisco network, making heavy use of configuration management and source control.

About You

• You will be Supporting & Managing for the SaaS Hosting Solution.
• You will Fulfill Service Requests for Linux Support.
• You will be provisioning and maintaining servers, both physical and virtual
• You can diagnose & resolve issues across multiple different areas such as Linux, Networking, storage, infrastructure etc.
• You know basic configuration of network devices.
• Role is based out of Sydney, Australia
• Planning, design, development, implementation, and execution Linux Systems Engineering.
• Drives identification and adoption of best-in-class deployment & development.
• Designs, develops, and implements platform enhancements and makes recommendations for improvements.

Responsibilities

• 7 years’ experience in Linux Administration, ideally RedHat / CentOS
• Experience of Linux OS upgrade, and migration.
• Extensive experience administrating Red Hat, CentOS, Debian or any enterprise or community Linux platform, with minimal support, including patching, package management, performance tuning, troubleshooting, networking, user management, and security.
• Extensive experience with scripting in Bash or Python.
• In-depth experience with Config Management tools/frameworks such as Ansible and Puppet.
• Detailed Knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, LDAP, SMTP, NFS and SNMP.
• Experience in Configuration, Management & Troubleshooting for technologies - Nginx, HAProxy, Apache, Squid, Iptables/Shorewall, SSL Certificates
• Detailed knowledge of Linux System Monitoring (Solarwinds & Nagios) and reporting.
• Detailed knowledge of NTP/PTP, Time synchronization Technologies
• Knowledge of application and server fault tolerance and load balancing services.
• Knowledge in Linux Server Hardening, Vulnerability Assessment and Linux Server Patching.
  Hands on experience with installation of MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL will be added advantage.
• Experience with SAN/SCSI storage systems, network attached storage systems, NFS, CIFS (Windows and Samba)
• Experience with incident management, change control management, and problem management support processes and methodologies.
• Hands on experience in resolving system performance issues, root cause analysis and complex problems.
• Must have worked in an ITIL compliant environment, worked with change control, incident mitigation.
• Good to have knowledge in AWS Cloud, Docker, Jenkins, Git & Windows Server Administration.
• Strong Knowledge in VMWare, VCenter is a Plus.
• Knowledge of APM (Application Performance Monitoring) Tools like – New Relic, AppDynamics is a Plus
• Desirable-Related certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, Puppet Certified Professional etc. 

FlexTrade Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to
race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability
status, or any other status protected by law.