Linux Systems Engineer

Yours Team Impact

As a Systems Engineer, the solutions you design will support not only our clients’ workflows, but also a massive suite of corporate systems that keep our global enterprise up and running each and every day. We rely on the latest in hybrid computing infrastructure, among other technologies, to solve some of ours and the investment community’s greatest challenges.

Size of the team : 7 Systems engineers

Location : US

The team works from the US and Germany as well as from Hyderabad, India.

What You’II Do

This position will be responsible for extending and improving our patching orchestration infrastructure, apply OS hardening measures and extend the support of Linux servers running Debian, Ubuntu and Amazon Linux across multiple data centers and the cloud widening our portfolio of services we offer to internal stakeholders for RedHat Enterprise Linux based distributions. This includes production server deployments, system maintenance, performance testing, tool development and automation using terraform, CFEngine and puppet pipelines. You’ll work closely with talented Windows, Network, and Cybersecurity engineers to ensure the availability of our enterprise applications.

Our engineers find the right balance between FactSet's flexible environment where everyone can contribute individually, yet at the same time cultivate a community where they can depend on each other for help, learning, and development.

Responsibilities

• OS hardening

• Modernising and automating the Linux infrastructure

• Setting up CI/CD pipelines for OS deployments

• Maintaining the overall stability and performance of Linux clusters

• Member of 24x7 on-call rotation

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, foreign equivalent or equivalent work experience required

• Deep understanding of systems engineering technologies from the design stage through to implementation and support

• Good understanding of AMI build pipelines

• Experience with
  - large Linux installations and system administration
  - bash
  - python
  - change management frameworks

• Excellent communication skills in English (oral and written), interpersonal, and organisational skills

Desired Skills

• RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu and Amazon Linux experience

• Experience in administering and deploying virtual instances and physical systems in a large scale

• Experience with virtualisation and containerisation such as VMware and Kubernetes

• Experience with automation software such as Puppet, CFEngine and / or Ansible

• Networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)

• Good troubleshooting skills

• Experience with performance tuning and capacity planning is a plus

What's In It For You 

At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means: 

• The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.

• Support for your total well-being. This includes health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, family leave, and company-wide wellness days.  

• Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives. 

• A global community dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions. 

• Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development. 

• Business Resource Groups open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging. 

Learn more about our benefits here. 

Salary is just one component of our compensation package and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and certifications.