" \u003cdiv class=\"ja-job-details\"\u003e \u003ch2 class=\"title\"\u003eLinux SRE\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"meta\"\u003e \u003cul class=\"classifications\"\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22655\"\u003e IT \u0026amp; Telecomms \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22656\"\u003e System Administration \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22657\"\u003e Sydney \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22658\"\u003e Permanent / Full Time \u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e \u003cp class=\"date-posted\"\u003e 5/11/2026 \u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cul class=\"bullet-points\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eWork with the world\u0026#39;s best engineers, with a flat structure and no politics\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOwn production end to end, with an unlimited tech budget\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTop cash comp with no diluted equity, plus full relocation to Sydney\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e I\u0027m working with a Tier One proprietary trading firm in Sydney that\u0027s hiring an SRE to own their production trading environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is a hands-on production role, sitting close to the trading desk. You\u0027ll be responsible for the performance, reliability and operability of large-scale trading systems and exchange connectivity. That means monitoring and troubleshooting live systems, and building and maintaining the operational toolkit around them: configuration management, process management, deployment, monitoring, and data collection and analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You\u0027ll work directly with traders to communicate changes, manage incidents and resolve problems in real time. You\u0027ll also work alongside Risk Management, Operational Trading Support and Clearing, coordinating production changes, assessing their operational risk, and reconciling trade and position breaks. There\u0027s scope to mentor and cross-train other SREs on the team, and to define how production runs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhy this firm:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some of the best engineers on the planet work here. The hierarchy is flat and everyone is technical, from the top down. There are no layers of management to hide behind and no politics. If you\u0027re good, it\u0027s visible straight away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You\u0027ll own your systems end to end. No external customers and no product roadmap set by sales. The only customer is the trading business. The technology budget is effectively unlimited, so if the right hardware or tooling makes the system faster or more reliable, you get it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Compensation is market-leading, paid as base salary plus bonus, all in cash. There\u0027s no diluted equity, no paper options and no waiting years for a liquidity event that may never come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Relocation:\u003cbr\u003e Full relocation and visa sponsorship are available for the right candidate. The firm is particularly interested in hearing from Australian expats looking to come home, and from anyone with a genuine reason to settle in Sydney.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat they\u0027re looking for:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5+ years in an operations-focused engineering role such as SRE, DevOps, Linux Systems Engineering or Network Engineering. Strong Python and shell scripting, with at least 3 years of hands-on use. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep Linux knowledge, including kernel internals, scheduling, network and system configuration, and performance tuning. Solid networking fundamentals: routing, multicast, VLAN tagging, LLDP and Ethernet. C++ familiarity is useful but not required.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Above all, they want someone rigorous and detail-oriented who takes genuine ownership of production and responds with urgency when it matters. The role includes shared on-call, so reliable availability is essential.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis role won\u0027t suit engineers whose experience is mainly cloud-native or managed platforms, consultants, contractors or anyone with a run of short tenures. It suits people who have run real production Linux systems where latency, uptime and correctness had direct consequences. Trading-firm, exchange or market-data experience is a strong advantage. \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"apply\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"back-link\" href=\"#\" title=\"Back to search results\"\u003eBack to search results\u003c/a\u003e \u003cinput type=\"button\" class=\"ja-button\" data-job-id=\"4484058\" value=\"Apply Now\" title=\"Apply Now\" /\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e "