Located in Radnor, Pennsylvania, on Philadelphia's 'Main Line', Stevens
Capital Management LP ("SCM") is a financial consulting firm specializing in
developing and implementing computer-based statistical trading systems and
sophisticated investment strategies. SCM operates 24 hours a day on global
financial markets.
Sr. LINUX System Administrator
Join a 5 member administration team responsible for managing a mixed network
running Solaris and Redhat Linux on Sun and Compaq servers/workstations. As
this environment continues to grow, and more applications are ported onto
Linux, we seek a Sr. Linux admin to work on all aspects of administering a
mixed Solaris/Linux mission critical 24x7 trading environment. The user
base comprises 20 technical and 20 non-technical users, and you would work
closely with the real-time trading systems developers and end-users. Your
responsibilities would include traditional administration responsibilities
to advanced data warehousing, firewalls, networking, performance tuning,
optimization and application administration issues.
Top project and challenge for next 6 months is a new office environment
build out. Be involved in a complete build out of the unix/linux
infrastructure.
Primary responsibilities:
* Administer Compaq Redhat 7- 9.x,/AS and Sun Solaris 8 workstations/servers
running in a 24x7 environment.
* Configure and install new machines - Compaq Xeon/Itanium 2 and Sun
UltraSparc3.
* Basic Linux/Unix administration - kickstart/jumpstart server builds, nfs,
nis, shell scripting, performance tuning, and end-user support.
* Implement software and hardware RAID solutions, including Veritas Volume
Manager, Solaris Volume Manager, Compaq smart arrays, StorEdge T3's and 3510
FC arrays.
* Research, evaluate and implement fault tolerant and HA solutions including
Veritas Cluster Server and Redhat Cluster Manager.
* Administer Linux/Solaris to Windows connectivity using Samba and Exceed.
* Support Sybase DBA's system requirements, currently utilizing 20+
Terabytes of disk space.
* Maintain development environment for real-time electronic trading
applications.
Shared responsibilities:
* Administer enterprise backup systems running Legato Networker and using
SpectraLogic 64000 tape libraries (AIT3/645 slot).
* Administer firewalls running Rainwall High Availability software with
Checkpoint NG.
* Backup Network administrator on Cisco/Riverstone 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
LAN and WAN network
* Backup Trade System Administrator on TIBCO real-time financial data
distribution network, and stand-alone screens such as Reuters and Bloomberg.
Requirements of the Candidate:
* 3+ years of hands-on Linux experience supporting sophisticated mission
critical environments.
* Given the mission critical nature of our applications you must have the
ability to work very well under pressure, and keep abreast of current
technology.
* University degree required.
* Exposure to networking, NT, SQL, Sybase, Perl would be assets.
* TIBCO/Rendezvous and Solaris experience would be a strong plus.
This is a linux administration position. Candidates with less than 2 years
of Linux admin experience will not be considered. Please submit resumes to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
