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About INTERACTIVE BROKERS!

This is Hybrid role (4 days in office /1 days remote)

Interactive Brokers Group has been consistently at the forefront of trading innovation, starting with the invention of the first floor-based handheld computer in 1983. We pride ourselves on being primarily a technology company and challenging the status quo. We push boundaries to offer our clients the best trading platform with the most sophisticated features at the lowest cost. Software development is the lifeblood of our firm, and it shows in our stellar brokerage platform. Interactive Brokers is regularly recognized as a leader in the financial services industry.

About your Team:

The Platform engineering team is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer - Design, the person will define, design and develop plans for installation/reconfiguration, and overall management of systems to provide reliable, resilient and secure solutions.

In this role, the person is expected to have strong knowledge of program and scripting, system administration, operating systems, virtualization, networking, engineering, and administration. They have excellent problem-solving skills and systems troubleshooting skills. The person should have passion to continuously improve services, enhance security and optimize 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 in order 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 IB for all hardware, software, configurations, and processes.
• Implement tools and processes for efficient and effective operational management of the environment -- 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 IB's data center systems for upgrades and maintenance.
• Participate in defining and executing on a roadmap of projects that continues to raise the bar through implementing innovative technology, tools, automation, and processes.
• Interact with internal teams to provide solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical ability.

What required skill's you need:

• 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 with 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, 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.

• 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. 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 snack.
• Corporate events including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams.
• Education reimbursement and learning opportunities.
• Modern offices with multi-monitor setups