Linux System Engineer

Job title: Linux System Engineer

Corporate Title: Vice President

Business Area: IT - Instinet

Location: London (Hybrid)

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit

Department Overview

The Information Technology department at Nomura is at the forefront of innovation, driving technology solutions that empower our business and enhance client experiences. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop and maintain robust systems and infrastructure, ensuring the security, reliability, and efficiency of our operations. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment that embraces technological advancements to deliver value and drive our digital transformation journey.

Role Overview:

As a Linux System Engineer you will provide support for all on-prem and cloud Linux servers across North America, Europe and Asia. You will be part of a global Infrastructure Technology team, working on large transformation projects as well as BAU support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide Systems Support of Electronic Trading Infrastructure running on Linux RedHat platform.
• Full life cycle management of Linux Systems Infrastructure, including systems deployment, routine maintenance and patching and systems decommissioning.
• Support audit and remediation actions to comply with IT Governance policies and procedures.
• Actively look for opportunities to improve systems security, stability and performance, as well as internal processes and workflows.
• Maintain up to date documentation.
• Investigate outages, document and communicate to the stakeholders Root Cause Analysis.
• Use Jira to coordinate department activities and be able to develop dashboards and reports that measure success.
• Participate in on-call follow-the-sun rotation. This includes some after-hours and weekend work.
• Use Ansible for configuration management and uniform systems deployment.
• Understand and apply the philosophy of managing Infrastructure as a Code and Configuration as a Code.
• Work closely with InfoSec team to ensure system and network security.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Must have strong Linux administration skills, including system and network security, performance monitoring and tuning. Configuration and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Must have strong knowledge of RedHat AAP or AWX.

• Previous experience with Satellite6 administration.

• Excellent knowledge of:

• Provisioning templates, Host groups & Subnets

• Managing Satellite with Ansible

• Excellent experience with Ansible for Idempotent system configuration management.

• Must have excellent Bash Shell Scripting experience plus Python.
• Fundamental knowledge of using git. Experience with Gitlab pipelines is a plus.
• Experience with Systems Monitoring using Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and Prometheus.
• Knowledge of x86 server hardware, hands-on experience with HPE including OneView, Dell and ICC are a plus.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP protocols, multicast, etc.
• Experience with Network Load Balancers (F5 or similar).
• Experience with SAN, NAS and Enterprise Backup technologies is a plus.

Nomura competencies

Explore Insights & Vision

• Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.

Making Strategic Decisions

• Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.

Inspire Entrepreneurship in People

• Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.

Elevate Organizational Capability

• Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.

Inclusion

• Respect DEI, foster a culture of psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Right to Work

The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers from outside the EEA coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the EEA (who require a Tier 2 (General) visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that there are no other suitable candidates for this vacancy from inside the EEA.

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Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation. If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer