Linux Systems Engineer - Hedge Fund

Edgrp

New York, NY Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025

Job description

Are you a top Linux Systems Engineer that has fluency in shell scripting? Are you the go to person on the team for all difficult problems and in-depth performance issues? If so, please read on.

This Top Hedge Fund in NYC seeks the best of the best Linux System Engineers.

As the Linux Systems Engineer you will:

• Be the bridge from traditional infrastructure and development with a focus on software reliability including monitoring and alerting

• Focus on automation to reduce error rate and workload

• Provide expertise in low-level performance tuning

What you need:

• 5+ years of expertise in Linux systems support for large enterprise environments (1000+ servers)

• Ability to automate and program with Python or other language

• Strong troubleshooting skills and knowledge of profiling/debugging tools such as gdb, perf, DTrace, or SystemTap

About this role

Summary

Support Linux systems, focus on automation, and performance tuning.

Job title

Linux Systems Engineer

Experience level

5+ years

Industry

finance

Location requirements

Located in New York, remote work not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Skills & keywords

Required skills

linuxpythontroubleshootinggdbperfdtracesystemtap

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

linuxautomationperformance tuningscriptingtroubleshooting

Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

New York, NY, USA

On-site City