Senior Systems Engineer (Windows)

About Us:
Founded more than 15 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 450 people operating throughout North America and in Europe. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.

Overview:
DV is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer, working out of our Chicago office, to join a growing IT organization that will help impact our Windows, virtualization, and cloud capabilities. In this role you will work on driving our core infrastructure forward, leveraging the latest and greatest technologies to help improve our IT operations.

Responsibilities:

• Provide world class support to the Chicago office for all aspects of IT 
• Support and maintain all data centers
• Design, build and maintain Windows Server and Desktop environments 
• Design, build and maintain virtualization and cloud environments  
• Leverage automation for deploying and supporting on-premises and cloud infrastructure   
• Partner with the Security team on the design, implement, and support of our centralized identity and access management solution 
• Partner with the Security team to ensure we are adhering to security best practices across all environments including patch remediation and system hardening 
• Review and improve upon existing monitoring systems and process   
• Perform Windows OS performance tuning   
• Author and maintain computer system design documentation, diagrams, processes and procedures  
• Promote and adopt Infrastructure as Code across all IT 
• Be a mentor to junior IT staff 
• Participate in an on-call rotation   

Requirements:

• Self-starter with a passion for technology and problem solving 
• Experience as a senior infrastructure engineer 
• Deep knowledge and practical implementation of Windows, virtualization, and cloud computing infrastructure   
• Deep knowledge of Windows operating systems 
• Deep knowledge of virtualization technologies 
• Experience implementing and supporting identity platforms such as Azure AD and Active Directory 
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and multicast 
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Powershell and Python  
• Extensive experience configuration management systems such as Ansible, Salt, or Terraform 
• Extensive experience with endpoint management systems such as Microsoft Endpoint Manager  
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills 
• Ability to present complex, technical ideas in a clear and concise manner to non-technical audiences 

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary LTD, Life & AD&D insurance
• Flexible vacation policy
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness Programs

Annual compensation range: $100,000 - $175,000 + discretionary bonus eligibility

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