Interactive Brokers is hiring a
Senior Platform Engineer

Summary

Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology. As a Senior Platform Engineer - Design, you will define, design and develop plans for installation/reconfiguration, and overall management of systems to provide reliable, resilient and secure solutions.

Requirements

• Programming and Scripting
• Proficiency in languages such as Ansible, Python, or Ruby
• Scripting skills in Bash, Perl, or similar languages
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment tools like Jenkins, GitLab
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Cloud Computing
• Strong knowledge with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure
• System Administration
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix system administration
• Experience with system performance tuning and monitoring
• Networking
• Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and other network protocols
• Experience with load balancers, firewalls, and VPNs
• Monitoring and Logging
• Proficiency in using monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios
• Experience with logging tools like Splunk, Elasticsearch etc

Responsibilities

• Senior Engineer responsible for designing automated solutions leveraging cutting edge tools. Specifically focused on infrastructure and containerization
• Provides direct support to technical and non-technical entities in order to define requirements and deliver solutions to meet organizational needs including new deployments, upgrades, performance tuning and testing
• Implement and utilize asset inventory, configuration management database, capacity management, performance management, resource optimization, and security (access control, authorization, and accounting) for all technologies in scope
• Define requirements, perform research, evaluate vendors/solutions, design/implement solutions, and provide ongoing support for all technologies in scope. Provide simple but effective scalability, performance, and reliability
• Drive consistent standardized solutions across IB for all hardware, software, configurations, and processes
• Implement tools and processes for efficient and effective operational management of the environment -- change management, monitoring, alerting, incident handling, customer request handling, etc
• Schedule and provide after-hours or weekend support when necessary to perform high-risk or planned downtime of IB’s data center systems for upgrades and maintenance
• Participate in defining and executing on a roadmap of projects that continues to raise the bar through implementing innovative technology, tools, automation, and processes
• Interact with internal teams to provide solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical ability

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance-based bonus and stock grant
• Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match
• Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits. Company paid medical healthcare premium
• Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid time off
• Generous parental leave policy
• Daily company lunch allowance provided and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snack
• Corporate events including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams
• Education reimbursement
• Learning opportunities