[linuxjobs] Systems and Network Administrator job posting

Pearl Staudinger pstaudinger at rgmadvisors.com
Mon Apr 10 22:13:32 UTC 2006


Hello lug.org,

Would you mind sharing this opening with your members?  Thank you!!

Pearl Staudinger
Staffing Manager
RGM Advisors, LLC
512-226-7575
pearl at rgmadvisors.com


RGM Advisors, LLC, (www.rgmadvisors.com) is an investment management  
firm that applies scientific methods and computing power to trading.  
The company, headquartered in Austin, Texas, was founded in 2001.   
RGM's team of professionals, including scientists with backgrounds in  
computer science, physics, statistics and ecology, have developed an  
extensive suite of proprietary software to manage all of its research  
and trading.  We have been profitable since our inception. We have a  
casual, creative and flexible work environment.  We also offer very  
attractive compensation packages.


We are currently searching for a Unix/Linux Systems and Network  
Administrator for our growing London office (Mayfair area).  Our  
ideal candidate is someone deeply technical and experienced in UNIX  
system administration and is capable of managing large-scale  
strategic and forward-looking projects of high complexity.  We are  
also looking for someone with a strong background in networking  
including DNS, WANs, (Cisco) routing , firewalls, VPNs and telecom.   
A more detailed description is listed below.


SYSTEMS AND NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities include:

	 	·      Capacity planning for systems and networking

·      Interacting with facilities managers and on-site  
administrators at multiple geographically-dispersed data center

·      Understanding and overseeing the construction, operation, and  
growth of several distributed production information systems and  
their respective environments as well as large-scale cluster  
computing resources for internal application development

·      Installation and configuration of large numbers of systems

·      Day-to-day system administration concerns such as network  
security, user management, network troubleshooting, host management,  
printer management, backup monitoring and verification, general help  
desk responsibility, firewall and routing management and VPN  
connectivity

·      Cross-training in understanding, monitoring and  
troubleshooting trading systems to provide back up support

Specific skills sought include:

·      Deep familiarity with Linux and UNIX system administration  
(Debian Linux is a plus)

·      DNS, routing, firewalls, e-mail, distributed authentication,  
VPNs, telco liaison, and other network administration concerns,  
particularly in large-scale, complex WAN environments

·      Production support of large-scale, data-intensive distributed  
information systems; management of large-scale storage environments  
(terabytes and beyond)

·      Large SQL database management, cluster computing environment  
management, and familiarity with numerically intensive scientific  
computing applications a plus;

·      Financial services domain experience (in particular securities  
and other trading environment) a plus

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send your CV to:

Pearl Staudinger
Staffing Manager
RGM Advisors, LLC
550 Bowie Street, #350
Austin, TX 78703
1-512-226-7575
pearl at rgmadvisors.com

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