Senior Platform Engineer

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Company Overview
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries. We have been at the forefront of financial innovation for over four decades, known for our cutting-edge technology and client commitment.
IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories. We serve individual investors and institutions, including financial advisors, hedge funds and introducing brokers. Our advanced technology, competitive pricing, and global market help our clients to make the most of their investments.
Barron's has recognized Interactive Brokers as the #1 online broker for six consecutive years. Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology.
About INTERACTIVE BROKERS!
This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office/2 days remote).
About your team:
The Platform engineering team is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer. The person will define, design and develop plans for installation/reconfiguration and overall system management to provide reliable, resilient and secure solutions.
In this role, the person is expected to have strong knowledge of programming and scripting, system administration, operating systems, virtualization, networking, engineering, and administration. They also have excellent problem-solving and systems troubleshooting skills. The person should be passionate about continuously improving services, enhancing security and optimizing service performance.
What will be your responsibilities within IBKR: Senior Engineer responsible for designing automated solutions leveraging cutting-edge tools. Specifically focused on infrastructure and containerization. Provides direct support to technical and non-technical entities to define requirements and deliver solutions to meet organizational needs, including new deployments, upgrades, performance tuning and testing. Implement and utilize asset inventory, configuration management database, capacity management, performance management, resource optimization, and security (access control, authorization, and accounting) for all technologies in scope. Define requirements, perform research, evaluate vendors/solutions, design/implement solutions, and provide ongoing support for all technologies in scope. Provide simple but effective scalability, performance, and reliability. Drive consistent standardized solutions across IBKR for all hardware, software, configurations, and processes. Implement tools and processes for efficient and effective environmental operational management, such as change management, monitoring, alerting, incident handling, customer request handling, etc. Schedule and provide after-hours or weekend support when necessary to perform high-risk or planned downtime of IBKR's data center systems for upgrades and maintenance. Participate in defining and executing a roadmap of projects that continues to raise the bar through the implementation of innovative technology, tools, automation, and processes. Interact with internal teams to provide solutions and resolve problems promptly and proactively. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical abilities. Which skills are required: Programming and Scripting Proficiency in languages such as Ansible, Python, or Ruby. Scripting skills in Bash, Perl, or similar languages.
CI/CD Pipelines Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment tools like Jenkins, GitLab
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Experience with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
Cloud Computing Strong knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure.
System Administration Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix system administration. Experience with system performance tuning and monitoring.
Networking Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and other network protocols Experience with load balancers, firewalls, and VPNs
Monitoring and Logging Proficiency in using monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Nagios Experience with logging tools like Splunk, Elasticsearch, etc..
To be successful in this position, you will have the following: Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision. Superb analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent collaboration and communication (verbal and written) skills. Outstanding organizational and time management skills. Company Benefits & Perks Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits, and a company-paid medical healthcare premium. Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Paid time off and a generous parental leave policy Daily company lunch allowance provided, and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snacks. Corporate events, including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams. Education reimbursement and learning opportunities. Modern offices with multi-monitor setups
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Location:
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Category:
Computer And Mathematical Occupations

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