Linux Engineer

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.

Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Role Overview

The ideal candidate will be a Senior Linux System Administrator/Engineer with strong Linux knowledge and experience on physical, virtual and cloud-based servers. The candidate will be part of the Global Linux Team supporting and managing the majority Redhat Linux estate using available tools and utilities. An ideal candidate would have experience working within a financial institution or similar environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing technical support for the Unix Server Infrastructure including day to day administration of Servers systems, incident response and remediation, as well as implementation of new technologies. It is extremely important to the company that production server and storage systems offer the highest reliability and performance possible.
• To carry out Requests and Tasks as per ITIL standard requirements.
• To provide solutions and root cause analysis of system performance and failure related issues.
• To work on projects and provide close liaison with project teams to ensure the smooth transition of new servers, functionality, software tools and initiatives into the Production environment.
• To work closely with management, team members, and all colleagues in IT.
• To review & recommend options to improve the effectiveness of the Linux infrastructure and Linux estate.
• To establish / maintain best practices, processes and procedures to underpin the operations of the business.
• Creation / maintenance of full system documentation, including DR documentation.
• Innovation – continually looking at ways to improve infrastructure, for a faster and more efficient environment.
• Maintains the operational health of the systems infrastructure and supports Applications and Users which are dependent upon the company’s infrastructure.
• Drive standards and document reference architecture based on requirements from business, application development and operations to help achieve a state-of-the-art environment that meets current and future business objectives.

Experience / Competences

Essential

• The Senior Linux/Unix Engineer shall have expert understanding of Linux based operating systems, especially Redhat. Knowledge of Linux server and storage architecture within a financial services environment is a must.
• 3-5 years IT operations with strong understanding of IT infrastructure, theories, principles, and practices.
• 10 years Unix/Linux Server experience, as well as general IT principles.
• Strong Knowledge of Virtualization concepts.
• Strong knowledge of Bash shell scripting and/or Ansible.
• Security focused to avoid vulnerabilities and harden servers’ OS.
• TCP/IP networking concepts.

Desired

• AWS knowledge.
• VMWARE knowledge.
• Redhat satellite knowledge for server patching and management.
• ITIL standards, with Service Now knowledge.
• Confluence/Jira knowledge.
• AD Integration via REALMD.
• Physical Hardware knowledge:
  • HP kit.
  • Cisco UCS Blade infrastructure.
• Tools/Utilities/Protocols:
  • NTP/PTP.
  • SFTP.
  • SSH.

Soft skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Service oriented, adaptable, and resilient.
• Collaborative team player who is goal-orientated and fully committed.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to successfully manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to articulate problems with a mind-set of simplifying, automating and challenging the status quo.
• Strong decision-making skills and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, client service orientation and resilience.
• Conscientious, self-motivated and goal orientated.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.

Job Band & Level: Professional / 5

Location: Philippines - A.T. Yuchengco Centre - Taguig City