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Systems Engineer Intern
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Who We Are
Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through the generous stewardship of the wealth we create.
TMG is a well-established and profitable business as a respected member of the global financial system for over 40 years, but also is like a startup because the potential of our group is at least one order of magnitude greater than what we are currently producing. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Provision, configure, and support server, network, and desktop equipment.
- Mature the automation efforts of the lifecycle of a server, including onboarding, patching, and sunsetting.
- Provide technical support to traders and other office staff, with a strong focus on user satisfaction.
- Perform data center work, such as cabling, server install/decom, and part replacement.
- Monitor and respond to application, operating system, network and hardware events quickly. Enhance existing monitoring infrastructure as needed.
- Document new projects and procedures. Improve upon existing documentation where needed.
- Work with network, trading, and operations staff as part of daily trading and on projects.
Requirements:
- Pursuing a BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering, or IT with expected graduation in 2025/2026.
- Good understanding of computer science fundamentals, including operating systems, networking, and programming concepts.
- Experience with Linux and various Linux distributions. Examples: Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu.
- Bash and Python experience.
- Prior use and understanding of a version control system, such as Git.
- Familiarity with virtualization and containers, such as VMware and Docker.
- Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Terraform, Salt Stack, etc... are a plus.
- Basic client-side and server-side SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc...) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, etc..) database experience is a plus.
- Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Prior use of bare-metal server provisioning tools, such as Foreman, is a plus.
- Willingness to work occasional weekends and evenings.
- Ability to communicate clearly and stay calm under pressure.
- This position requires physical presence and is on-site (no remote work).
Benefits
We offer one of the most generous profit sharing programs in the industry because we believe our employees should be able to take part in our rapid growth and success. We are proud to offer more world-class benefits for our full-time employees and their families.
TransMarket Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.
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Network Engineer
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Who We Are
Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through the generous stewardship of the wealth we create.
TMG is a well-established and profitable business as a respected member of the global financial system for over 40 years, but also is like a startup because the potential of our group is at least one order of magnitude greater than what we are currently producing. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise.
Responsibilities
- Design network solutions for TMG’s automated trading infrastructure
- Implement and maintain a high availability, low latency network infrastructure
- Troubleshoot network and network related issues
- Collaborate with other team members on new technology solutions
- Work with other teams within the firm to address technological issues
- Proactively monitor the network and provide capacity planning
- Participate in the on-call support rotation and some weekend work
- Mentor junior engineers from a technical perspective
Requirements
- Seasoned engineer, ideally with a CCIE, experience building and maintaining production financial/trading networks
- Experience with multicast and unicast routing protocols (TCP/IP, PIM, BGP, OSPF)
- Experience with the design, deployment, and operation of modern IP multicast networks
- Working knowledge of low latency networking concepts
- Experience with firewall administration and site to site VPN
- Some hands-on required for data center work
- Deep understanding of the TCP/IP stack
- Experience with packet capture and tcpdump analysis tools
- Knowledge of high accuracy timing protocols
- Experience with network management software and tools
- Scripting language experience such as python for network automation, testing, and troubleshooting
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- This position requires physical presence and is onsite (no remote work)
Benefits
We offer one of the most generous profit sharing programs in the industry because we believe our employees should be able to take part in our rapid growth and success. We are proud to offer more world-class benefits for our full-time employees and their families.
TransMarket Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.
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Infrastructure Engineer
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Who We Are
Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through the generous stewardship of the wealth we create.
TMG is a well-established and profitable business as a respected member of the global financial system for over 40 years, but also is like a startup because the potential of our group is at least one order of magnitude greater than what we are currently producing. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise.
Responsibilities
- Ownership over our data center infrastructure, tasked with all aspects of keeping it up and operating in an optimal and reliable manner
- Contacting third-party vendors about remote equipment installation and maintenance and then supervising those projects through completion
- Performing hardware installation and troubleshooting existing hardware
- Documenting both new and established procedures to establish and foster best practices firmwide
- Cooperating with other engineers to provide stable and secure deployments of new infrastructure components
- Working with network engineers to reliably upgrade and replace old network equipment
- Developing an automated provisioning system and keeping the inventory system up to date
- Troubleshooting software issues that might be related to hardware failures
- Providing in-office hardware support
- Working as part of an in-office team to collaborate directly with our experienced traders and technologists on brainstorming and implementing creative solutions to a wide range of problems
Requirements
- BA/BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related experience
- 2+ years of experience in related field
- Hands-on experience cabling, racking, and installing bare metal servers, network devices, and network cards
- Experience with remote management tools for servers (iDrac, iLO)
- Understanding of automated provisioning tools (PXE, Foreman) and ability to create installation files (kickstart, preseed)
- Experience with Linux at the administration level (Debian, CentOS)
- Working experience with Windows is a plus
- Practical knowledge of inventory tools (Netbox)
- Good understanding of monitoring tools (Icinga2, Grafana, ELK)
- Experience with infrastructure management tools (Ansible, Puppet)
- Good management skills with ticketing and documentation tools (Jira, Confluence)
- Experience with scripting and automation (Python, Bash or other) is a plus
- Experience in a low latency environment a strong plus, e.g., Solarflare, Onload, PTP
Additional Requirements
- Flexibility to occasionally work outside of core business hours and on weekends.
- Ability to travel and provide support to other regions occasionally as needed.
- This position requires physical presence and is onsite (no remote work)
Benefits
We offer one of the most generous profit sharing programs in the industry because we believe our employees should be able to take part in our rapid growth and success. We are proud to offer more world-class benefits for our full-time employees and their families.
TransMarket Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.
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Apply to TransMarket Group