About the Job:
ADSS is a successful retail and institutional brokerage based in Abu Dhabi. The company is currently undergoing a multi-year transformation to become a fast-growing, purpose-led, data-driven enterprise that delivers market-leading personalized content, propositions, and experiences to traders. To reinforce client-centricity, the company structure, technology, and operations are being redesigned alongside the crafting of a high-performance culture underpinned by The ADSS Way. The objective is for ADSS to become a dynamic and innovative trusted market leader, as measured by feedback from clients, talent, shareholders, and competitors.
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The Linux Systems Engineer will play a critical role in managing and overseeing Linux operating systems. Responsibilities include ensuring system efficiency, conducting regular maintenance checks, troubleshooting issues, performing repairs, and monitoring system performance to ensure optimal operations.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Support and maintain all Linux servers, both physical and virtual, within the ADSS Infrastructure landscape.
- Install, configure, and maintain infrastructure components in a virtualized and on-premises Linux environment.
- Plan and execute migrations/upgrades of applications and operating systems.
- Manage the architecture and operational aspects of the Linux environment.
- Develop and maintain system-level applications using shell scripting (BASH) and Python.
- Provide Fanatical Support to customers by creating sustainable and maintainable environments.
- Analyze systems and conduct usability testing to ensure performance, reliability, scalability, and security compliance.
- Be part of the operations team responsible for engineering trading (HFT/Low Latency) infrastructure.
- Fully manage the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of all aspects of Linux servers.
- Administer several Linux servers in a hybrid on-premises and cloud environment.
- Provide direct mission support in both classified and unclassified Linux desktop and server environments.
- Administer, troubleshoot, and resolve failures and critical alerts on Linux servers.
- Write and troubleshoot Linux shell scripts.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant certifications in ITIL, RHCSA, PKI, RHCE, OS, MCSE, CISSP, CCNA, AWS, Azure are beneficial.
Skills:
- Proficiency in Linux and general UNIX operating systems concepts.
- Extensive systems administration experience.
- Knowledge of DevOps skills and methodology is beneficial.
- Familiarity with DNS, scripting languages, LDAP, routing protocols, and storage technologies (NAS or SAN).
- Familiarity with Chef and CFEngine.
- Proficiency in standard Linux tools, LVM, scripting languages (BASH, Python), and core technologies.
- Familiarity with TCP/IP networking, load balancers, firewalls, and advanced network concepts.
- Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar configuration management tools.
- Ability to manage in-depth server audits and proactively identify risks.
- Solve complex incidents escalated by junior engineers.
Location:
Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions:
On-site, Full-time
