OTC Markets Group Seeks Infrastructure/ Security Engineer - (NYC) New York City

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities. Through our OTC Link® ATS, we directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities. We organize these securities into three marketplaces to inform investors of opportunities and risks: OTCQX®, The Best Marketplace; OTCQB®, The Venture Stage Marketplace; and OTC Pink®, The Open Marketplace. Our information-driven platform enables investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice at the best possible price and empowers a broad range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors.



We currently have an opening for an Infrastructure/Security Engineer to join out IT Infrastructure team.

OTC Markets Group offers a competitive base salary and a year-end bonus plan based on individual and company performance. We provide a casual, stimulating working environment in SoHo, NYC, one of the most exciting and creative places in the world. We are committed to building a company where highly talented, creative people thrive in a collegial environment. We invest heavily in employee satisfaction and we offer a competitive compensation package designed to entice the best.



Job Duties:

- Ability to manage and complete multiple short, medium, and long term projects/tasks at a time.

- Employ fact driven methodology to assess current designs and identify potential improvements.

- Research and implement new technologies and approaches to problem solving. This includes software, hardware and procedure.

- Coordinate projects with all IT departments. (Infrastructure, Development, QA)

- Document and communicate methods of implementation and troubleshooting steps.

- Perform root cause analysis for problems involving multiple technologies (operating system, hardware, network, etc.)

- Constantly expand and deepen your existing skillset.

- Present and discuss all aspects of IT with individuals in the same and different teams.



Qualifications:

- B.S or better in Computer Science or Computer Systems Engineering.

- 5+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux administration. (RHEL or CentOS 5 and 6 preferred, Solaris 10 a plus)

- Strong competency in layer two and layer three networking. (Ethernet, TCP/IP, basic routing, packet capture and analysis)

- A thorough understanding of protocols such as SMTP (Postfix), DNS (BIND), LDAP, DHCP, FTP, RADIUS, NFS, SMB, NTP, SNMP, SSH, etc.

- Experience with troubleshooting production systems and the incident management process. Proficiency with troubleshooting tools and methodologies. Experience opening and managing vendor support cases.

- Experience identifying, measuring and assessing performance criteria for complex systems. Experience tuning Linux internals.

- Experience with OS hardening and auditing. Knowledge of security best practices.

- Experience with Information Security tools, solutions, and procedures.

- The ability to script in multiple languages such as Bash, Perl, Python, PHP or Ruby.

- Experience working with preferred vendors, soliciting quotes, and justifying costs of new hardware and software solutions.

- Excellent technical and non-technical writing ability.

- Strong understanding of configuration management tools. (Puppet preferred)



Additional preferred qualifications:

- Experience working with financial trading platforms a plus. Experience working with and supporting application and web developers.

- Experience with HP, Oracle, and/or Dell hardware. Knowledge of Cisco, Arista, and EMC hardware a plus.

- Advanced knowledge of virtualization, specifically ESXi 5+. Includes high availability, security, performance, networking, storage, scaling. PowerShell and PowerCLI experience a plus.

- Experience with SAN and disk subsystem technologies. Includes design, performance and troubleshooting.

- Experience with patching and package management. Knowledge of building RPMs a plus.

- Experience with automated build and deployment tools. (Cobbler, Kickstart)

- Experience with source control tools. (SVN, Git)

- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Ganglia, Nagios, Zabbix, and ZenOSS.

- Knowledge of object oriented programming languages such as Java and C++.

- Experience with Windows Server is preferred, as is experience with Active Directory, Exchange 2010+ and Distributed File System.

- A working knowledge of relational and document-oriented databases.

- Experience with design documentation and tools such as Visio. Experience presenting to technical teams and upper management.

- Experience using ticketing systems and wikis such as Jira and Confluence.

- Experience with ITIL, such as change management and release management.

Please apply at: http://www.otcmarkets.com/jobs/openings

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