[Jobposts] Low Latency Unix/Linux Technical Engineer

[Brendan McTague]

** Location:  Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
** Applicant must reside in the United States


Low Latency Unix/Linux Technical Engineer
RBC Capital Markets Corp.

Posting Start Date: March 8 2010
Job Type:	             Full-Time
Employment Type: Permanent
Pay Type:	Salaried
Work Hours/ Week:	40-50
Work Environment:	
Office Location:	New York
City:	New York

Relocation Provided:	No
Travel Percentage:	0
https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_rbc/external/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetail&jobPostId=285476&localeCode=en-us

Req ID#:	 116732
	
Position Purpose:
Provides day to day maintenance and support in the ongoing
development/ deployment of US CM global systems and storage hardware
appliances and solutions that support proprietary, high frequency and
low latency trading environments.  Works primarily with  the
Unix/Linux team and  the Low Latency Team to create and support a
sound and stable architectures that will support low latency
environment that meets the needs of the highly critical and time
sensitive US Capital Markets businesses operating in a 24x7
environment and located in 42 global sites supporting 2800 + users
worldwide.

Primary UNIX support will be focused on the Linux and Solaris
Operating System technologies spanning across SUN, FUJITSU and IBM
hardware equipment that are managed both in US and Canada in either
RBC owned locations or third party co-locations spanned across the
globe.  Ensures adequate and optimal measures are in place for the
maintenance, performance and capacity management of the low latency
equipment.

Aligns with RBC Distributed Systems strategy in direct support of US
CM businesses

Key Accountabilities:
- Provides day to day management in the optimization, efficiency and
capacity planning of low latency hardware ensuring alignment and
integration of RBC IT Infrastructure
- Manages the day to day operation and maintenance of the production
low latency hardware environment as follows:

Provide Level 1,2 & 3 support for all Linux server implementations
within USWI including:
•	Interfacing with Business Units and infrastructure teams on Linux
build requirements
•	Facilitating the delivery of build services from Unix Engineering and
•	QA’ing the resulting UE services prior to production rollout.
•	Interfacing with Business Units on Linux system forecasting & order
turnaround time optimization.
•	Assisting developers to successfully deploy applications onto the
Linux platform

Provide Level 1 & 2 support for the Opsware & Nagios distributed
platforms within USWI including:
•	Expediting porting hundreds of infrastructure functions currently
residing in disparate systems onto the centralized Opsware
infrastructure
•	QA’ing the upcoming OS patching and OS build functionality within
Opsware for USWI
•	Working closely with the Systems Management team to expedite the
setup of Managed Objects for all NY monitoring services (Nagios,
Spectrum, Mom, eHealth) thus allowing true event correlation across
the USWI infrastructure and USWI applications.
•	Working closely with various IT and Business Units that have
expressed interest in using Opsware for software distribution as well
as event logging.

Provide Level 1, 2 & 3 support with implementation services for the
following Unix/Linux environments:
•	Production
•	Development
•	QA/UAT
•	Recovery/BCP

Unix Administration tasks include:
•	Installation, configuration and maintenance of Unix servers on both
operating systems
•	Installation, configuration and maintenance of Veritas Clusters,
File Systems and Volume Manager
•	Diagnostics and trouble-shooting of UNIX hardware and software issues.
•	OS and patch upgrades / Kernel configuration and tuning
•	Work with vendors to trouble-shoot and repair the failed systems
•	Unix accounts creations and maintenance

Project Support to architect, design and implement required
infrastructure including:
•	Application servers
•	Database servers
•	Network requirements
•	Security access
•	Storage and backup requirements
•	Monitoring and support
•	SLA and OLA
Provide 7 x 24 Support for the following:
•	Production Unix Support
•	Storage Support

	Ensures thorough documentation of RBCCM low latency network systems,
including relevant diagrams are created and kept up-to-date
environment in adherence with RBC standards
	Works with USWI and T&O to ensure an efficient operation of the low
latency hardware infrastructure components in support of US CM's
disaster recovery plan and participates in recovery exercises as
required.
	Supports and contributes to Technology and Operations initiatives

Job Requirements: (Knowledge/ Experience):
Behavioral Competencies (for superior performance)
•	Achievement Motivation (4)
•	Analytical Thinking (4)
•	Initiative (4)
•	Teamwork & Cooperation (5)

	Experience in the financial industry
	Experience in a 24 x 7 global network environment
	Experience designing administering and troubleshooting multicast networks

•	Listening, Understanding and Responding (3)
•	Sense of Urgency (5)
•	Adaptability (4)
•	Information Seeking (4)

Process Knowledge
•	Communication Skills (P)
•	Facilitation Skills (P)
•	Conflicts and issues resolution and escalation (P)

Business Knowledge
•	Business line(s)’ business and technical disciplines (P)
•	RBCCM Trading Floor Environment (P)

Systems Knowledge
•	Linux Support and Administration (E)
•	Solaris Support and Administration (P)
•	NAS Support and Administration (P)
•	SUN, FUJITSU and IBM hardware administration (P)
•	Shell Scripting/Perl programming languages (P)
•	IT Standards, Methodologies, CMM & audit requirements (P)
•	Market Data Networking, Mulitcast (P)

*Skills Requirement Level Scale:
B – Basic understanding
D – Developing working knowledge/proficiency
P – Proficient
E – Expert

Note: Hours of business will vary dependent on the CM business needs
therefore, hours outside the norm (8-4 Mon-Fri)  and weekend hours
will be required

Professional with minimum 5 years experience on UNIX/Linux
administration / Storage Management

Education:
BA/BS In a technical field preferred

Diversity:	
Diversity in the workplace, one of our shared values, lies at the
heart of our rewarding, open, supportive and inclusive work
environment. We respect and respond to the many competing and evolving
priorities in our lives so you can focus on what you can do best – put
clients first.

EOE/M/F/D/V