About IEX:

IEX is an exchange operator and technology company dedicated to innovating for performance in capital markets. Founded in 2012, IEX launched a new kind of securities exchange in 2016 that combines a transparent business model and unique architecture designed to protect investors. Today, IEX applies its proprietary technology and experience to drive performance across asset classes, serve investors, and advocate for transparent and competitive markets.

About This Role

IEX is looking for our next Senior Systems Reliability Engineer – The right person for the job will be an insatiably curious tinkerer with technical chops, who has done this type of role before. Bonus points if you take an interest in the stock market, though finance experience is not necessary - only a willingness to learn all about the inner workings of the market is required.  

In this role, you will be constantly optimizing and automating our processes and systems to improve reliability, scalability, and maintainability. Plus, you will take on real-time responsibilities, such as monitoring, incident management, and recovery. 

Coding and scripting are part of our daily life (we like python, bash, ansible and rust). You will be exposed to how our technology interacts with the business to gain a deep understanding of application logic and business data workflows. Experience with any layer in our stack (Linux, Java, C++) is highly beneficial, particularly around the areas of performance and capacity. Experience in an agile environment is a plus, and a willingness to tackle the challenge of innovating within a regulated environment is key. 

This position supports IEX and will be performed in Ireland. The successful candidate will be employed in Ireland by Rippling, acting as IEX’s employer of record and administering local payroll, benefits, tax, and employment compliance.

What you will do:  

• Responsible for the technical operations of our trading platform 

• Participate in the engineering process as we design, build, and manage our systems. 

• Build tools to monitor and automate processes. 

• Be a core contributor in our change management and learning review processes 

• Troubleshoot issues across the whole stack - hardware, software, application, and network. 

• Document current and future configuration processes and policies. 

• Translate customer needs and projected product utilization to operational reliability targets. 

• Guides other functions (e.g., development, market operations, business development, subscribers, etc.) on reliability techniques, application, and system functionality. 

• Educate and mentor team/company on operational best practices 

 Your background:  

• Automation experience with Ansible or a similar configuration management tools 

• Hands-on experience with Linux, python, bash, and git 

• Experience supporting large, complex, and distributed systems 

• Host side networking 

• Packet level understanding of network traffic, working experience troubleshooting with packet captures, etc. 

• TCP/IP Stack, routes 

• Multicast 

• General familiarity with Data Center workflows and working with DC personnel to implement changes 

• Hardware familiarity 

• Arista and Cisco switches and their CLI’s 

• Corvil 

• Solarflare, Mellanox 

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting annual base pay is between €150,000 and €175,000 for this Dublin, Ireland-based position. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The annual base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is eligible for bonus and equity.

IEX is committed to providing an inclusive and respectful workplace and to providing equal employment opportunities. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and do not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected under Irish equality legislation, including gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, or membership of the Traveller community.

IEX is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to discuss how we can support you.

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