Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
As the Senior Linux Systems Administrator, you will design, deploy, and maintain IT infrastructure across all operational areas of the firm. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Linux environments, scripting, automation, and troubleshooting complex system issues. You will play a key role in maintaining system uptime, implementing security best practices, optimizing performance, and supporting a growing, dynamic team of software, research, and systems engineers.
Your Team
We look for brilliant people with a passion for solving problems through innovation and engineering fundamentals. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and efficient implementation. We embrace experimentation. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers recruited from leading technology companies and universities. You and your team will collaborate closely with top machine learning researchers.
We seek to hire someone in the following locations: Sacramento, Berkeley, or New York City.
Responsibilities
- Build out automated, highly available, and scalable infrastructure
- Help define and refine our growing compute and storage infrastructure
- Deploy and maintain storage nodes and monitoring
- Participate in an on-call rotation after building context on our systems and operations
Requirements
- At least five years of professional Linux experience with increasing responsibility and scope of work
- Experience with HPC clusters
- Experience with building and troubleshooting Distributed File Systems (e.g., Ceph, NFS)
- Knowledge of monitoring tools (Nagios, Check_MK, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
- Understanding of network and OS security
- Exposure to virtualization and containerization (KVM, ESXI, Docker, podman, LXC)
- Experience with high-speed (at least 10Gb) host networking
- Demonstrated scripting abilities (Python and/or Bash preferred)
- Proficiency with Ansible or other Configuration Management tools
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with general configuration-automation, CI/CD, and deployment tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with OpenStack deployment, administration, and troubleshooting
- Experience with high-performance compute clusters
- PostgreSQL DBA experience
- Experience with cluster management frameworks (OpenShift, LVS), centralized authorization and domain management (LDAP / AD / IPA), and RHEL
- Experience with BSD-based firewalls
Compensation
The base salary for this position is $170,000 to $205,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation, such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.
“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program
If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
Vaccination Requirement
The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.
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What We Do
Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning.
The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines.
Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility.
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
