[SVLUG-Jobs] Startup Quant Hedge Fund Seeks Linux Systems Administrator/Architect

[Charles Weitzer]

Startup Quant Hedge Fund Seeks Linux Systems Administrator/Architect

We are a data driven technology startup applying statistical machine
learning to large-scale financial prediction problems . You will work with
small teams in a research atmosphere alongside other top notch talent,
including professors at premier universities, PhD's, and successful tech
entrepreneurs. We approach problems collaboratively; you will have frequent
interaction with the researchers, officers, and founders.

Our research cluster and production environments are expanding, and we need
a Linux guru to maintain existing systems and lead the infrastructure
growth. Self-motivated problems solvers who can learn about, evaluate, and
deploy new technologies will excel in this role. Ideal candidates will have
a range of experience: both purchasing and assembling machines; designing
and configuring networks; designing and performance tuning data
infrastructure; and more.

Our company  is located within walking distance to UC Berkeley, with easy
access to all forms of transit. 

Responsibilities:
.	Support internal development and QA environment
.	Install and maintain Linux and other software packages
.	Specify and maintain computers, networking hardware, machine room
infrastructure, 
.	phone system, etc
.	Design, deploy, and administer state of the art research clusters,
including GPGPU nodes
.	Design and enhance monitoring systems for production equipment and
research clusters
.	Configure, tune, and maintain PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, as
data warehouses and in production environment 
.	Propose new technologies to address specific business needs

Qualifications:
.	Experience managing remotely hosted production systems
.	UNIX guru, especially Linux; other UNIXen including Mac OS X a plus
.	Scripting language skills (Python, bash, shutils, etc)
.	Experience with research computing/hybrid CPU-GPU clusters a plus
.	Experience with large scale, realtime, concurrent systems a plus
.	Experience with distributed data systems (Hadoop, Cassandra, Riak,
GridSQL, etc.) a plus
.	Background in financial systems a plus
.	Live in or near Berkeley; be willing to come in occasionally at odd
hours 

Benefits and compensation are highly competitive. 

Interested applicants are encouraged to send a cover letter and resume to
weitzer at ix.netcom.com,