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Susquehanna International Group · 3 days ago

HPC Systems Engineer | Experienced Hire

Greater Philadelphia

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Susquehanna International Group is a global quantitative trading firm known for its scientific rigor and innovation. They are seeking an experienced HPC Systems Engineer to build and optimize high-performance trading systems and research compute clusters while collaborating with various teams to implement scalable solutions.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechVenture Capital

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Contribute to our library of home-grown tools, written primarily in Python and Bash, to automate monitoring, and maintenance, allowing you to focus on performance related issues and projects

Work closely with Strategy Developers, Quantitative Researchers, and trade-supporting application teams to translate complex problems into scalable solutions

Coordinate with IT infrastructure teams, including storage and networking, to identify and implement the best solutions

Tune operating systems and batch workflows for performance

Dive deep on root-cause analysis of systems issues

Integrate all of these solutions into our systems effectively and efficiently

Oversee all aspects of our HPC environment, including the scheduler, parallel filesystems, GPUs, and interconnects

Implement and optimize high-performance storage solutions, including Lustre, VAST, and GPFS, to efficiently support and enhance cluster performance

Develop strategies to ensure optimal resource allocation and scalability, using analytics to forecast needs and design efficient, reliable systems

Utilize monitoring and diagnostic tools to quickly pinpoint failures, streamline troubleshooting processes, and ensure the timely recovery of disrupted workflows

Qualification

HPC environment managementLinux administrationPython automationWindows administrationParallel filesystemsResource schedulersTroubleshootingCapacity planningCollaboration

Required

A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline

5-7 years of progressive experience building Linux and/or Windows based HPC based platforms

Familiarity with kernel-level and I/O subsystem tweaks and tools such as sysctl, strace, tcpdump, and netstat

Recent hands-on experience with automation in Python or other tools

Experience administering Lustre, GPFS, VAST, or other parallel filesystems

Understanding of resource schedulers like HTCondor, SLURM, or similar

Preferred

Bonus points for equivalent Windows knowledge (registry, procmon, wireshark, tshark)

Company

Susquehanna International Group

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Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm committing its own capital to trade financial products around the world.

Founded in 1987

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.sig.com

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