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DevOps Engineer

Trading Shop

Greater Chicago Area0–3 yrs4h agovia LinkedIn

Key Responsibilities

  • Build, maintain, and improve highly available, performance-sensitive production infrastructure.
  • Support and troubleshoot Linux and Windows server environments.
  • Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines across on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.
  • Create automation tools and scripts using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar technologies.
  • Improve monitoring, observability, alerting, and overall system reliability.
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, operating system, and networking issues.
  • Collaborate directly with software engineers and other technical stakeholders to support new projects and platform enhancements.
  • Implement infrastructure-as-code and automation best practices.
  • Improve deployment reliability, operational efficiency, and system visibility.
  • Participate in infrastructure design discussions and contribute ideas for technical improvements.
  • Take increasing ownership of systems and projects as you grow within the organization.

Requirements & Tech Stack

  • Windows Server and/or AWS environments.
  • Scripting experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
  • Familiarity with containerization, automation, and deployment technologies.
  • Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking and core networking concepts.
  • Ability to investigate and resolve technical issues across applications and infrastructure.
  • Willingness to work on-site.

Qualifications

  • 0–3 years of professional experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Administration, or a related technical discipline.
  • Strong foundational knowledge of systems administration and troubleshooting.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.
  • Exposure to database administration or database-related infrastructure.
  • Naturally curious, takes initiative, enjoys understanding how systems work, and wants to continually develop technical abilities.

Nice to Have

  • Kubernetes, Docker, or other container orchestration technologies.
  • GitLab, JFrog, Ansible, or comparable DevOps tooling.
  • Monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting platforms.
  • Infrastructure-as-code and configuration management.
  • On-premises infrastructure, data centers, or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Performance-sensitive or low-latency systems.
  • Network diagnostics, packet analysis, and advanced troubleshooting.
  • High-performance networking or distributed systems.
  • JSON, XML, Parquet, or similar data formats.
  • Financial technology or other mission-critical production environments.

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