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Systems Engineer

RenaissancePosted Jul 19, 2026
East Setauket (USA)
Hedge FundDevEntry Lvl

About this role

Responsibilities

  • collaborate with development, production, trading, and back-office operations
  • design, deploy, support, and troubleshoot Linux server and desktop infrastructure
  • document IT infrastructure, policies, and procedures
  • provide general user support and troubleshooting assistance
  • participate in after-hours work and an on-call rotation

Skills, Qualifications, and Experience

  • a bachelor's degree in a technical field
  • excellent troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities
  • excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
  • extensive experience designing, deploying, and supporting Linux servers and desktops
  • comprehensive understanding of systems and network protocols (DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP/HTTPS) and UNIX/Linux system internals (kernel, drivers, file systems, virtual memory)
  • experience implementing, operating, and supporting Slurm, LLM deployments, and PostgreSQL
  • knowledge of scripting to automate tasks
  • experience deploying, supporting, integrating, debugging, and patching open-source and proprietary infrastructure services (DHCP, LDAP, RADIUS, NFS, Kerberos, OpenSSL) (considered a plus)

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