HPC Operations Engineer

Jump Trading is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

We are looking for an adaptable hands-on individual, passionate about the details and nuances of managing Linux HPC environments at scale, and eager to tackle complex and unpredictable operational work as their primary job function.

What You'll Do

Provide front-line operational support for 24/7 Linux HPC compute, storage, and interconnects. Technologies involved include RDMA fabrics, parallel filesystems, HPC batch schedulers, FUSE filesystems, internal Jump software, multi-vendor hardware, cybersecurity requirements, a challenging and unpredictable client workload, and high user expectations

Solve problem reports and questions posed by members of Jump's research community, escalating as needed and managing the entire problem lifecycle.

Respond to alerts in a timely fashion

Participate in large, coordinated maintenance operations, including during evenings and weekends

Work on global projects across a wide range of infrastructure

Write code for diagnosing, resolving, and triaging difficult problems and automating frequently performed tasks

Collaborate with team members and across teams to write code and testing infrastructures spanning both new and existing codebases in multiple programming languages

Manage relationships with outside vendors, including traveling both domestically and internationally to meet with current and potential vendors

Implement and support performance monitoring and fault monitoring systems

Develop and improve systems and user documentation

Develop and monitor the tools used to maintain a production computing environment

Provide operational support as primary job function

Adhere to all company cybersecurity and IT policies, including performing all work using only approved hardware and software

Participate in an on-call rotation

Other tasks as assigned or needed

Work from company office an average of 5 days a week

Skills You'll Need

A desire for operational work as primary job function

At least 2+ years of professional experience with Linux systems administration

High performance computing (HPC), including parallel filesystems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS), batch systems (e.g., Slurm, Grid Engine), and high-performance network interconnects experience is a plus, but not required

High proficiency with at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Go, Python, C) and ability to learn additional languages quickly

A compulsion to perform root cause analysis

Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with both coworkers and third-party vendors

Strong collaboration skills with a willingness to undertake tasks of various technologies and complexities

Ability to independently manage complex projects and multiple workstreams

Strong sense of urgency

Willingness to perform regular operational maintenance work during evenings and weekends and as needed

Ability to work effectively in a busy, open floor plan office environment

Reliable and predictable availability

Benefits include

Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance

Travel Medical Insurance

Group Pension Scheme

Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes

Paid Parental Leave

Parking and Commuter Benefits