Platform Specialist - Systems Administrator

Location: Montreal, Quebec

Our client is a global investment management firm. As a technology and data-driven firm, they design and build their own cutting-edge systems, from high performance trading platforms to large scale data analysis and compute farms.

We are seeking a Platform Compute and Storage (PCS) Specialist. You will work alongside our global team to design, build, and maintain both compute and storage services that are continuously scaling to support the growth of the company.

This role requires in-depth knowledge of Linux platforms and distributed storage systems, including performance optimization and capacity management.

Your day-to-day responsibilities could consist of installation and configuration, monitoring and alerting improvements and configurations, automation, and tool development.

You will:

1. Manage systems efficiently at scale through standardization, automation, testing, and in-depth monitoring.
2. Enforce development standards for source control, testing, and continuous integration for infrastructure, OS, patches, and configuration management.
3. Manage a distributed compute environment and several petabyte-scale storage systems.
4. Install, manage, and monitor the Linux operating system (RHEL based).
5. Troubleshoot hardware and software issues throughout the stack.
6. Work with business owners to regularly re-prioritize the book of work, while delivering both tactical and long-term objectives.

PLEASE NOTE: 4 days in office is required.

Must Have Skills:

1. 7+ years of experience in a technology infrastructure role including Linux administration.
2. Experience working with configuration management driven administration using tools such as Chef or Ansible.
3. Proficient in Python, or other high-level language (Go, Rust, etc).
4. Experience with modern software development: version control, agile development, ci/cd.
5. Observability in distributed systems (e.g., Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
6. Experience working with various cloud providers (AWS and GCP).
7. Ability to work well in a fast-paced, adaptable, and pressured environment.
8. Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline or related area.
9. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.