Analytics Platform Engineer
Company: G-research
Location: Dallas
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
Do you want to tackle the biggest questions in finance with near
infinite compute power at your fingertips?G-Research is a leading
quantitative research and technology firm, with offices in London
and Dallas. We are proud to employ some of the best people in their
field and to nurture their talent in a dynamic, flexible and highly
stimulating culture where world-beating ideas are cultivated and
rewarded.This is a hybrid role based in our new Dallas
infrastructure hub where we work on the latest technologies in a
cutting-edge environment.The roleG-Research is seeking a Platform
Engineer to join its growing Analytics Services Engineering
team.Our business focuses on forecasting financial markets and we
use an ever-growing amount of data and processing to achieve
this.The Analytics Services Engineering team manages a significant
distributed Cloudera Hadoop platform supporting Hadoop/YARN/HDFS,
Spark, and Trino among other technologies, with a focus on
analytics use cases at petabyte scale.Our focus is on customer
success and managing secure distributed systems at scale with
robust automation and self-healing capabilities built on top of a
mixture of bare metal, private and public cloud virtualization, and
stateless services deployed into kubernetes.As an Analytics
Platform Engineer, you will help us to deliver integration,
automation, and new feature enhancements to our existing hybrid
cloud platforms.You will also help us to research new technologies
and explore opportunities with Open Source and Cloud based products
while working closely with customers to ensure user focused
outcomes.Key responsibilities of the role include:Developing,
deploying and maintaining distributed systems through
automation.Delivering engineering solutions ensuring they are
scalable, stable, performant, and operationally efficientProviding
metrics, documentation, and self-service capabilities to help our
customers work at pace and get the most out of the
platformsProactively identifying and addressing system performance
bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and areas for improvement to
ensure systems are stable and robustParticipating in the out of
hours rota, providing support and maintenance for our critical
systems across the Analytics Services ecosystemWho are we looking
for?Whatever your technical background, good coding ability is
essential for this role.The ideal candidate will have the following
skills and experience:Excellent coding skills, preferably
PythonExperience with CICD pipelines, such as Jenkins and
ArgoCDExperience with Configuration Management tools, such as
Ansible and TerraformExperience deploying and running applications
on Docker and Kubernetes, including the creation of Helm
chartsExperience working with AWS deploymentsProficiency with Linux
using either Centos or UbuntuProficiency with computer networking
fundamentalsMore senior candidates may additionally have experience
with:Operating and supporting distributed analytics and stream data
processing systems at scale including Spark, Trino, and
KafkaOperating and supporting Hadoop, HDFS, HIVE, OZoneExperience
developing end-to-end analytics solutionsExperience with
cloud-based analytics capabilities such as AWS EMR, Redshift,
Kinesis, Snowflake, and AthenaWhy should you apply?Market-leading
compensation plus annual discretionary bonusInformal dress code and
excellent work/life balanceExcellent paid time off allowance of 25
daysSick days, military leave, and family and medical leaveGenerous
401(k) plan16-weeks' fully paid parental leaveMedical and
Prescription, Dental, and Vision insuranceLife and Accidental Death
& Dismemberment (AD&D) insuranceEmployee Assistance and
Wellness programsGenerous relocation allowance and supportGreat
selection of office snacks, and hot and cold drinksOn-site gym and
car parkingby Jobble
Keywords: G-research, Fort Worth , Analytics Platform Engineer, Engineering , Dallas, Texas
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