Experienced/Lateral - Linux Systems Administrator at Five Rings LLC - Careers

<div class="content-intro"><p id="isPasted"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>About Five Rings</strong></span></p> <p id="isPasted"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.</span></p></div><p><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">About the Role</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We are seeking a hands-on professional for our growing systems administration team.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Systems Administrators are responsible for the workstations and servers of our rapidly expanding trading operations. In addition to all systems work both on the desktops and in the datacenters, Five Rings Systems Administrators frequently interact with users at various levels all across our organization.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We are a Linux shop both on the server side and the trader desktops.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Our firm runs Windows servers very rarely and Windows desktops as needed.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Skills &amp; Attributes:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Fluency in Linux administration is a must</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Experience in Debian/Ubuntu preferred</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Strong communication skills</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">A demonstrated ability to work tasks to completion and tolerate frequent context switches</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Experience with:</span> <ul> <li>BIND</li> <li>Ansible</li> <li>Linux KVM</li> <li>Zabbix</li> <li>Google workplace collaboration and productivity tools</li> <li>Some Windows administration skills are a plus, but not required</li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Experience scripting in bash and python is preferred, SQL and Perl a plus</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Knowledge of cybersecurity tools including 2FA, iptable rulesets, Malwarebytes, fail2ban, etc.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to move and install equipment weighing up to 50lbs</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Preference to apply a breadth of experience towards varied responsibilities in a small-shop environment</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Comfortable with hands-on work, racking and stacking in datacenters is commonplace</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Responsibilities include:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Installations of workstations on our trading floors and in offices</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Installations of servers and networking appliances in data centers, sometimes requiring travel</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Additional tasks include:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Hardware maintenance</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Large-scale build-outs, sometimes requiring travel, both domestic and international</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Installations of office appliances such as printers, phones, televisions, etc.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">This role will be fully in-person based out of New York City.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Annual base salary is $275,000. Total compensation packages are comprised of base salary and a discretionary bonus.</span></p>