Site reliability engineer specializing in the programming, administration, and troubleshooting of production Linux systems within trading platforms. 9+ years of development and operations experience. Strong skills in Unix internals, shell scripting, system administration, and debugging, from userspace to the kernel. Experienced in C, Python, Perl, and Ocaml, as well as networking, storage, and infrastructure management of both bare-metal servers and virtual machines. Extensive knowledge of Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris-based operating systems. Highly motivated engineer that can solve low-level systems issues in fast-paced environments.
Work Experience
Linux Engineer at REDACTED, Inc. (Remote) 2021-present
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Linux Engineer at Jane Street (New York, NY) 2018-2021
Investigated production errors and performance regressions using packet captures, userspace profiling, and kernel instrumentation.
Maintained Linux infrastructure and developed management tools for network storage systems.
Diagnosed performance bottlenecks in NFS application workflows and client/server implementations.
Designed and implemented automated systems for the deployment, configuration management, and monitoring of Linux hosts.
Wrote patches for bug fixes and performance improvements for various open source applications in the GNU/Linux ecosystem.
Site Reliability Engineer at Thesys CAT (Charleston, SC) 2017-2018
Designed infrastructure, networking, and operations strategies for the implementation of the SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail.
Led infrastructure rollout and configuration management effort using Ansible for hundreds of bare metal and cloud servers.
Implemented Kerberos-based authentication system for both applications and user accounts.
Built an object storage solution using FreeBSD and ZFS nearing a petabyte of usable space.
Created automated build and packaging pipeline for in-house software repositories.
DevOps Engineer at Thesys Technologies (Charleston, SC) 2016-2017
Implemented market access software in C for Tilera’s TILE64 architecture, supporting over $1 billion per day of order volume.
Improved the accuracy of distributed C-based client risk checks while maintaining low order latency.
Responsible for implementation and monitoring of a C++-based software trading platform as part of trading technologies DevOps team.
Coordinated network connectivity and colocation with clients and stock exchanges in North America.
Assessed and resolved real-time trading and connectivity issues in a high-stress environment while managing relationships with customers.
Software Engineer at SPARC (Charleston, SC) 2015-2016
Developed benefit management software for the Department of Veterans Affairs using Java, Spring Framework, and AngularJS.
Led a special performance team which identified and mitigated application bottlenecks.
Achieved a >10x speedup by refactoring application-layer ORM logic into more efficient database queries.
Created and maintained CentOS VM images for Oracle Database.
Graduate Research Assistant at Clemson University (Clemson, SC) 2013-2015
Designed and implemented a middleware system for watershed-scale sensor networks using Java and NodeJS.
Maintained a middleware backend which served over 50 live ecological sensor deployment sites across South Carolina.
Independently developed a metadata management system for sensor network hardware, which was presented at IEEE and ACM conferences.