Senior Linux Administrator

• Work integrated in an agile organized team to deliver support and projects on our Electronic market making servers
• Follow up on Clients requests and incidents. Work with them as a business partner in total transparency
• Propose innovative and industrial solutions to automatize your repetitive tasks and improve team’s efficiency
• Participate in the common automation effort by collaborating actively with the various feature teams
• Manage the activity based on ITIL Framework (Change management, Incident/Request management)
• Onboard the teams’ routine and participate in support shifts and overtime operations. Most of the electronic market making maintenance must be done outside of business hours but it’s a team effort
• Work with the Global electronic market making support team to align to the standards and contribute with your expertise.

Areas of development

• Get familiar with our High frequency trading configurations and specific
• Work on cutting edge technologies and bring your expertise to improve our environment and performances
• Scrum Method is at the heart of our team’s organization, get onboarded and learn about it.
• Get involved with API development for the automation of our IT operations, Python is required.
• Collaborate in the development of the products of our feature teams. Bring your point of view on the features.
• Work on a 3200+ server scope (which includes the 800 mentioned).
• Work in an international group 

Experience Needed:

• Knowledge on Linux systems performance tuning
• Knowledge on High performance best practices
• Management of Linux servers using Puppet and Ansible.
• Strong scripting capabilities (Python preferred)

Excellent technical skills on the following technologies:

• Linux Server Operating Systems RHEL        
• Dev (Python/Perl/Git/Bash)                
• Volume manager and LVM                
• Puppet
• Ansible                

Proficient in:

• HP / DELL x86 Hardware
• Low latency networking and troubleshooting (10GB / Multicast)
• TCP/IP protocol suite and its utilities (LDAP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, and NFS, etc.)
• NetBackup or other enterprise backup platforms
• SAN and FC Storage and NFS

Desired / Plus:

• Redhat Satellite
• Redhat IDM
• ElasticSearch / Kibana / Logstach
• Software Factory (e.g. Jenkins) and Continous Delivery
• Contribution on Open Source Github project
• Openstack

Competencies:

• Be able to conduct system performance evaluation and tunning
• Client focused, be trustworthy and provide an excellent customer service. Be Flexible and able to work with developers and applicative teams
• Collaborate, and bring in your creativity to deliver projects that will require interacting across different groups
• Efficient on High Availability environments and DR scenario design, implementation and testing
• Effective on automation and orchestration (Scripting Python / Puppet)
• Understanding of backup technologies

Schedule:

• You will need to work from either our New York or New Jersey office on a hyrid model
• You should be available to cover out of business hours operations and onboard the On-call 

Environment
Global Technical Services (GTS) is the infrastructure organization supporting all entities in the Americas for all infrastructure technology requirements including:

• Workstations including computers, telephones and email
• Data centers hosting
• Networks/telecommunications
• End user computing services
• Market Data administration infrastructure
• Disaster Recovery Planning

GTS various fields of expertise enable the organization to:

• Be a major player in the Group's Digital Transition
• Ensure the 24/7 quality and continuity of our infrastructures and their resilience to incidents
• Advise/accompany business lines and functional divisions through their own transformation
• Provide diversified/innovative service offer that is customized to the requirements of our internal/external partners

OUR CULTURE: 
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.
For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)

D&I: 
Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision: 
•     Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
•     Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents 
•     Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-about/diversity-and-inclusion/)

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
For most positions, Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols.  Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area.  The applicable Business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.

COMPENSATION & SALARY RANGE:

Base salary range does not include overtime pay, bonus and/or other benefits, where applicable. Actual base salary offer will vary based on skills and experience. The role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and includes a competitive benefits package including 401(k) plan with company match, Medical/Dental/Vision, and other benefits for fertility, wellness, student loans and commuters.