The Role
Provide Tier 1/2 follow-the-sun triage and initial resolution for break-fix incidents on Linux/Windows, virtualization, AWS, and hardware. Monitor systems, execute SOPs, assist with automation/IaC under senior guidance, document runbooks, escalate complex issues, and participate in 24/5 shift rotations supporting a production SaaS trading platform.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Associate Systems Engineer to join our Global Operations team. This role is the foundational layer of our "Follow-the-Sun" support model, acting as the primary point of contact for technical triage and initial resolution of "break-fix" tickets for our high-performance SaaS trading platform. The Associate Systems Engineer will focus on monitoring, initial troubleshooting, and executing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to maintain platform stability. This is an ideal role for someone early in their career with a strong desire to learn the full infrastructure stack including: Linux, Windows, Virtualization, and AWS within a mission-critical production environment.
What Will You Be Involved With?
- Tier 1 & Tier 2 Support & Triage: Act as the initial responder for incoming technical tickets, providing triage and resolution for common "break-fix" issues related to Linux/Windows systems, AWS instances, and hardware.
- Hybrid Identity & MFA Triage: Triage and diagnose authentication and authorization failures across a global hybrid environment: Active Directory, Linux LDAP/SSSD, MFA/2FA, and AWS IAM role assumption errors.
- Virtualization Health & Performance Triage: Perform troubleshooting for global virtualization environments (e.g., Nutanix, Red Hat OpenShift Virt, VMware vSphere/ESXi or KVM) to maintain production uptime.
- Monitoring & Health Checks: Perform routine monitoring of global hybrid compute and storage services to ensure optimal health and performance.
- SOP Execution: Utilize and maintain technical runbooks (SOPs) for repeatable tasks such as user access requests, basic instance provisioning, and hardware status checks.
- Escalation Management: Clearly document and escalate complex issues to the Dispatch Lead or Senior Systems Engineers when they fall outside of standard SOPs.
- Automation Support: Assist in maintaining existing automation scripts (Bash/Python) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments under the guidance of senior team members.
- Documentation: Contribute to the internal knowledge base by documenting new troubleshooting steps and updating existing procedures.
- 24/5 Rotation: Participate in an 8-hour shift rotation (including potential swing or graveyard shifts) to provide seamless global coverage.
What Will You Bring to the Table?
- Foundational Knowledge: An associate’s degree or relevant certification in Computer Science or a related technical field is preferred.
- Virtualization Basics: General familiarity with virtualization platforms and concepts. Exposure to VMware, OpenShift Virt, Nutanix or similar technologies.
- Operating System Basics: General familiarity with Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and/or Windows Server administration.
- Analytical Skills: A talent for troubleshooting and solving technical problems in a logical, step-by-step manner.
- Scripting Exposure: Basic exposure to or interest in learning scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a focus on providing excellent customer service during technical incidents.
- Collaborative Mindset: A team-oriented attitude and the ability to follow technical direction from senior leadership and the Dispatch Lead.
- Adaptability: Ability to work in a rotating shift environment to support a 24/7 "follow-the-sun" operation.
What We Bring to the Table:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Health & Financial Security:
- Pension contributions
- Time Off & Flexibility:
- Enjoy the best of both worlds: the energy and collaboration of in-person work, combined with the convenience and focus of remote days. This is a hybrid position requiring three days of in-office collaboration per week, with the flexibility to work remotely for the remaining two days. Our hybrid model is designed to balance individual flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration, enhanced team cohesion, spontaneous innovation, hands-on mentorship opportunities and strengthens our company culture.
- 25 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, with the option to roll over unused days.
- One dedicated day per year for volunteering.
- Two professional development days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development.
- An additional PTO day added during milestone anniversary years.
- Generous parental leave for all parents (including adoptive parents).
- Work-Life Support & Resources:
- Budget for tech accessories, including monitors, headphones, keyboards, and other office equipment.
- Milestone anniversary bonuses.
- Wellness & Lifestyle Perks:
- Subsidy contributions toward gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives (including discounted healthcare premiums, healthy meal delivery programs, or smoking cessation support).
- Our Culture:
- Forward-thinking, culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity and inclusion.
- Forward-thinking, culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity and inclusion.
Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) is a global capital markets platform services company providing market-leading technology for the end-to-end trading operations of Tier 1 banks, brokerages, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. With its roots in listed derivatives, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company delivers “multi-X” solutions, with “X” representing asset classes, functions, workflows, and geographies. This multi-X approach features trade execution services across futures and options, fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), and cryptocurrencies, augmented by solutions for data and analytics, including transaction cost analysis (TCA); quantitative trading; compliance and trade surveillance; clearing and post-trade allocation; and infrastructure services. The award-winning TT platform ecosystem also helps exchanges deliver innovative solutions to their market participants and technology companies to distribute their complementary offerings to Trading Technologies’ clients.
Trading Technologies is backed by leading global investment firms Thoma Bravo, one of the world’s largest and most experienced software investors, and 7Ridge, a global growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled businesses.
This investment supports Trading Technologies’ continued focus on product innovation, platform scalability, and long-term growth for customers and partners worldwide.
Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, parental status, veteran, or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.
About
Trading Technologies is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform provider to the global capital markets industry. The company’s award-winning TT® platform connects to the world’s major international exchanges and liquidity venues in listed derivatives alongside a growing number of asset classes, including fixed income and cryptocurrencies. The TT platform delivers advanced tools for trade execution and order management, market data solutions, analytics, trade surveillance, risk management, and infrastructure services to the world’s leading sell-side institutions, buy-side firms, and exchanges. The company’s blue-chip client base includes Tier 1 banks as well as brokers, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. These firms rely on the TT ecosystem to manage their end-to-end trading operations. In addition, exchanges utilize TT’s technology to deliver innovative solutions to their market participants. TT also strategically partners with technology companies to make their complementary offerings available to Trading Technologies’ global client base through the TT ecosystem.
Skills Required
- Associate's degree or relevant certification in Computer Science or related technical field
- Familiarity with virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere/ESXi, Nutanix, Red Hat OpenShift Virt, KVM)
- Basic administration knowledge of Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and/or Windows Server
- Ability to triage hybrid identity and authentication issues (Active Directory, LDAP/SSSD, MFA/2FA, AWS IAM)
- Basic exposure to scripting (Bash, Python) and willingness to support automation scripts
- Experience or willingness to perform monitoring, routine health checks, and SOP execution
- Strong verbal and written communication and customer-service skills
- Ability to work rotating 8-hour shifts (24/5 coverage) and a hybrid schedule (three days in-office)
- Analytical troubleshooting skills and ability to follow technical direction and escalate appropriately
Trading Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Trading Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Trading Technologies.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as competitive, with multiple plan options, discounted premiums, and wellness initiatives such as gym subsidies and healthy meal programs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is portrayed as generous, combining substantial PTO, paid holidays, flexible schedules, and added allowances like training days and volunteer time.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include generous parental leave for primary caregivers, backup care for children, adults, and pets, adoption assistance, and dedicated spaces for new mothers.
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The Company
What We Do
Trading Technologies creates professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions for a wide variety of users. Be aware of fraudulent job postings: It has come to our attention that individuals pretending to represent Trading Technologies are posting fake job ads on LinkedIn and possibly other job boards. These individuals conduct candidate interviews via Skype and extend offers, likely with the intent to collect personal information such as banking information, social security number or date of birth. They use a Gmail email address that is not affiliated with Trading Technologies. Only emails using a tradingtechnologies.com or trade.tt email address are authentic. Although we use third party recruiting agencies on a case-by-case basis, all candidates speak with a staff member who has a valid company email address before any offers are extended or personal information collected. Our open positions are posted on BuiltIn and on the Careers page of our website.
Why Work With Us
Cited by Crain's and Built In Chicago as one of Chicago’s best places to work, Trading Technologies is a pioneering financial technology firm that constantly pushes boundaries in the trading industry. TT is a highly collaborative and culture-first organization that fosters an environment of creativity and camaraderie to achieve results.
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