Sysadmin/programming work in NYC

[Owen Gunden]

Hello,

(I hope this is not considered abuse of the list!)

We use nagios extensively at Jane Street Capital, and we're looking for
a few more good hands with our systems.  Official announcement follows:

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Sysadmin/Programmer combo
(aka Systems Automation Specialist)

Jane Street Capital (http://www.janestcapital.com) is a high-tech proprietary
trading firm. As such, we have a wide variety of systems to deal with:
trading systems, monitoring systems, support systems, high-performance
computing clusters, file servers, application servers - just to mention a few.
And all of these systems need to be carefully managed, tuned, and monitored.

We try to automate much of our systems work, and not just because we're lazy.
Automated deployment, centralized management, and obsessive monitoring are all
core ongoing projects. We find that automation reduces our error rate and
overall workload - plus, we think it's fun.

If you come to work with us on systems automation you can get involved
in almost every facet of the company. Hardware to software,
research to development, testing to production - we need your expertise
everywhere. And the more you learn about our business, the more effective you
will be.

We are looking for someone who has a strong desire (and ability) to design
systems that are obsessively safe and automated. At the same time, the pursuit
of perfection needs to be tempered with a strong understanding of practical
limitations. Sometimes a short-term hack that works is better than a perfect
plan that won't materialize in time. Finally, you've got to be responsible,
even if the problem at hand doesn't appear to be your fault. We're interested
in working solutions, not office politics.

There is no specific checklist of skills, but we think that you should
see yourself in the following description. You should understand how a
computer works at a fairly low level. Perhaps you're the type of
person who can't help but build your computers from scratch, or at
least you have before. You should be able to comfortably bang around a
linux system; formatting filesystems, installing bootloaders, and
making rpms should not daunt you. Deep knowledge of low-level linux
internals is a definite plus, but not necessary.

On the programming side, practicality reigns. While you will need to be able
to pick up OCaml, we're not attached to any particular set of advanced
programming idioms. What we are attached to is solid, readable, careful
code which, like the other systems you design, pretty much takes care of
itself. Familiarity with the bread and butter programming languages of system
administration (shell, Python, Perl, & Ruby) will probably also serve you
well.

At Jane Street we work in an open environment with lots of interaction, we
value learning better ways to do things, and we're very serious about doing a
good job. The pay is excellent, the problems are interesting, and the lunches
are free. Maybe more importantly, you will be surrounded by smart people
deeply interested in teaching what they know, and in learning from you.

If this sounds like a match to your background, skills, and disposition, let
us know. Send a cover letter indicating why you think it's a good fit, along
with your resume, to hr at janestcapital.com.

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