IT & Software

Data Infrastructure Engineer – Storage & Platforms

Fintal Partners

Chicago · Illinois · United States

We’re looking for an Engineer to join our Data Engineering Infrastructure group, building and scaling the storage and data platforms behind a high-frequency trading operation. This is a hands-on role for someone who likes working near the hardware: running large open-source and enterprise storage systems, tuning Linux for performance, and automating infrastructure. As data volumes keep growing, you’ll be central to keeping the platform fast, resilient and scalable.


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What You’ll Do:

  • Build, deploy and run large-scale storage infrastructure across Hadoop, enterprise storage and S3-compatible systems
  • Optimize Linux systems for I/O throughput and general performance
  • Automate deployment and configuration with Ansible, Puppet or similar tools
  • Add observability to the platform using Prometheus and associated tooling
  • Work with engineering teams to deliver robust data solutions, especially around storage and Kafka
  • Some exposure to Kubernetes


What You’ll Bring:

  • 5+ years in systems engineering, with a strong emphasis on data storage
  • Solid Linux fundamentals and debugging ability, including I/O performance tuning
  • Practical experience xhqgsiq using Ansible and Puppet for automation and config management
  • Knowledge of open-source, S3 API-compatible and enterprise storage technologies
  • Working understanding of the Hadoop ecosystem, including YARN
  • Java and Python experience
  • Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude) in an enterprise environment
  • Experience with Prometheus monitoring and alerting

Reference: WJ-3131_4704411

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