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Internship Desktop Linux Systems Engineer Optimisation Jobs in Chicago, IL

From colo design/implementation, to optimizing our exchange connectivity, to building world class ... Our internship program is the primary way we identify top young system engineers for our Technology ...

Senior Systems Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$107K - $147K/yr

  • Medical

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Keywords: Chicago IL Jobs, Senior Systems Engineer, Linux Servers, Scripting, Automation Tools, TCP/IP, Networking Concepts, Trading Infrastructure, Financial, Software Engineer, Architect ...

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing Linux-based systems. This role involves providing ...

Senior Trading Systems Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$107K - $147K/yr

  • Medical

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Chicago IL Jobs, Senior Trading Systems Engineer, Linux Servers, Scripting, Automation Tools, TCP/IP, Networking Concepts, Trading Infrastructure, Financial, Software Engineer, Architect, Programmer ...

System Operations Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$75K - $90K/yr

... Systems Engineering, Desktop Engineering or a high-pressure Technical Support role. * Technical ... Familiarity with Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu/CentOS) administration. * AI Tools: Awareness of the ...

Systems Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$150K - $300K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Systems Engineer Infrastructure & Research Computing Aquatic Capital Management • Chicago, IL • ... Deep Unix/Linux expertise across multiple distributions; comfortable at every layer of the stack.

Systems Engineer I Location: 2540 Galvin Drive, Elgin, IL Duration: 2 years Work schedule: M-F 8:00 ... VMWARE or virtual machine skill, UNIX/Linux skills. Additional details: Top 3 soft skills: Team ...

Perform routine system health checks including CPU, memory, disk utilization, and process ... Identify performance bottlenecks and work with senior engineers to implement optimizations

Systems Engineer I

Bolingbrook, IL · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This role supports customer systems infrastructure and desktop computing through Impact's incident ... Relevant internships, technical training, certifications, or equivalent experience may be ...

Systems Engineer I

Bolingbrook, IL · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This role supports customer systems infrastructure and desktop computing through Impact's incident ... Relevant internships, technical training, certifications, or equivalent experience may be ...

Systems Engineer I

Hammond, IN · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This role supports customer systems infrastructure and desktop computing through Impact's incident ... Relevant internships, technical training, certifications, or equivalent experience may be ...

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Internship Desktop Linux Systems Engineer Optimisation information

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How much do internship desktop linux systems engineer optimisation jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 16, 2026, the average hourly pay for internship desktop linux systems engineer optimisation in Chicago, IL is $46.56, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $28.70 and $59.66 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Campus Systems Engineer (Intern)

Jump Trading

Chicago, IL

$200K - $250K/yr

Full-time, Internship

Re-posted 8 days ago


Job description

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Trading Infrastructure is a global organization of Engineers who architect, build and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From colo design/implementation, to optimizing our exchange connectivity, to building world class low latent Wide Area Networks, we leverage research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business.

About the Role

Our technology operations internship is an intensive 10-week experience with our frontline technology teams that are responsible for managing, monitoring, and improving the real-time trading environment at Jump Trading.

You will be working directly with our experienced systems and network engineers, gaining broad technical and operational knowledge across all aspects of the trading platform and technology stack. Our internship program is the primary way we identify top young system engineers for our Technology Operations teams, paving the path toward earning full-time opportunities at Jump.

We are looking for bright and highly motivated individuals that want to grow their knowledge of systems and networking, understanding of modern trading at scale, and practical DevOps-based software engineering skills. 

What You'll Do:

  • Systems Engineer interns will work with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers to optimize the trading environment and investigate and solve system issues.
    • Proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the trading platform
    • Work closely with our world-class technology organization to:
      • Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking infrastructure issues
      • Design, implement and optimize network infrastructure for proprietary low latency trading applications at various data centers throughout the world
    • Build automation to manage and improve the production trading environment
    • Work closely with risk management and trading teams to coordinate changes and manage incidents
    • Manage and assess operational risk of change control into the production environment
    • Define and document process and procedure
    • Other duties as assigned or needed
  • Skills You'll Need
    • Major in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
    • Experience working with Linux/UNIX OS including advanced commands and shell scripts
    • Practical working knowledge of python
    • Understanding of networking concepts such as routing, multicast, ethernet
    • A rigorous, detail-oriented approach to operations
    • Ability to operate and communicate clearly under pressure
    • Desire to work in a collaborative, team environment with a positive can do attitude
    • Reliable and predictable availability 

* No finance or economics study or work experience required

The estimated base salary for this role is $200,000-$250,000 per year.