Senior Virtualization Engineer

United Kingdom·Londonsenior

Infrastructure & CloudVirtualization Engineer

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Key Responsibilities

Own and improve infrastructure, processes, and standards for DRW’s Virtualization platform. Relentlessly automate repetitive manual tasks. Design, implement, and manage OpenStack clouds,

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Infrastructure & CloudVirtualization Engineer

We believe in relentless automation of repetitive tasks.
We have the curiosity and drive to dig deep and find creative solutions.
We believe our goal is to find the right solution rather than always being right.
We provide exceptional customer service to our teams and trading desks.
We care more that the right thing is done than about rigid job descriptions or boundaries.

Responsibilities

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→Own and improve infrastructure, processes, and standards for DRW’s Virtualization platform.
→Relentlessly automate repetitive manual tasks.
→Design, implement, and manage OpenStack clouds, including deployment, configuration, and maintenance of OpenStack components.
→Diagnose and rectify complex problems involving multiple teams related to OpenStack including compute, storage, and networking issues.
→Provide exceptional customer service to our platform’s users.
→Coach engineers on best practices, help investigate outages, set a high standard for operational and technical excellence.
→Ability to troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues in a high-intensity trading environment as part of an on-call rotation.

Expert level proficiency in administration of OpenStack.
Deep knowledge of networking, storage, Linux, and virtualization fundamentals.
Proficiency with industry-standard IAC tooling (e.g. Terraform, Ansible).
Scripting/Coding experience in multiple languages (e.g. Python, Golang, Bash).
Experience maintaining/deploying/configuring server hardware and deploying virtual machines.
A service focused attitude: you ask questions and focus on getting the right resources and solutions to people instead of rigid boundaries.
Strong written and verbal communication skills. You can work across teams and have evidence-based discussions on technical and operational topics.
You enjoy leading by example. You cultivate technical excellence and soft skills in your team members.

Nice to Have

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Experience with VMWare ESXi.
Experience with Containerization / Kubernetes.
Experience administering on-premise infrastructure.
Experience developing, deploying, and supporting full stack web applications.
Experience with multiple programming languages in both greenfield development and legacy maintenance.