Senior Systems Engineer

Department:
Technology

Location:
Tysons Corner

Compensation:
$120,000 - $150,000 / year

Description
Nodal Exchange, the largest power futures exchange in North America, is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management to participants. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world's largest sets of environmental and electric power futures and options contracts. All transactions on Nodal Exchange (power, environmental and natural gas) are cleared through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nodal Clear, using its award-winning portfolio margining methodology. As leaders in innovation, Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear have built in-house most of the trading and clearing platforms that fuel our business. Nodal Exchange is part of the EEX Group which is in turn part of the Deutsche Börse Group.

We are now looking for talented, innovative individuals to join our team in Tyson's Corner, VA (DC Metro area).

Key Responsibilities
Senior Systems Engineer
The Systems Engineer not only has core system administration skills but also a strong interest in contributing to the design and evolution of complex system architectures and processes.

• Create and maintain robust operating environments for key technologies and applications.
• Maintain virtualized infrastructure both on-premises and in the cloud.
• Plan and execute upgrades to operating systems on deployed servers.
• Deploy and provision new server hardware.
• Be an integral part of many technology phases: Evaluation, procurement, design, configuration, deployment, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, restoration and recovery.
• Willing to participate in on-call rotation in line with the industry practices. Note that this position is an overtime-exempt position

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Required Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a closely related field
• 5+ years of related experience
• Strong fundamental Linux Administration skills (LFCS or RHCE level)
• Strong fundamental Windows Administration skills (MCSE or MCWSHAA level)
• Proficient in at least one scripting language such as Python, Powershell and/or Bash
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience working with VMware vCenter and ESXi
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
• Confidence in own ideas along with openness to others' ideas

Preferred:

• Experience with SQL/Postgres/Database experience
• Experience with automation tools (Puppet, Ansible, Rundeck etc.)
• Experience with HashiCorp products like Terraform and Vault
• Experience with log analysis using Splunk
• Experience in transforming legacy applications to cloud.
• Experience in system performance tuning and security hardening.
• Experience in administering databases such as Postgres
• Experience working with any of the big public cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Microsoft Azure

Salary Range: $120,000 - $150,000 per year base salary, when annualized
Pay Transparency Notice:
The salary range is based on the D.C. metro area, the successful candidate's starting salary will vary depending on permissible, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to qualifications, skills, and experience. Nodal also offers a wide range of benefits and perks for full-time employees, which may include target bonuses.

Job Benefits
Nodal Employee Benefits and Perks:

Nodal Exchange, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, parental status, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, physical or mental health, hairstyle, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or in any other terms and conditions of employment. Nodal Exchange is an E-verify participant.

Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis