IT Systems Administrator, Linux
$150k - $200k USD
Graham Capital Management, L.P. ("Graham") is an alternative investment manager founded in 1994 by Kenneth G. Tropin. Specializing in discretionary and quantitative macro strategies, Graham is dedicated to delivering strong, uncorrelated returns across a wide range of market environments. As one of the industry’s longest-standing global macro and trend-following managers, Graham remains committed to innovation, evolving its strategies through a robust investment, technology, and operational infrastructure. Graham harnesses the synergies between its discretionary and quantitative trading businesses to offer a broad suite of complementary alpha strategies, each built on the principles of thoughtful portfolio construction, active risk management, and diversification by design. Graham invests significant proprietary capital alongside its clients – including global institutions, endowments, foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, investment management advisors, and qualified individual investors – reinforcing alignment of interests across all strategies.
The foundation of Graham’s sustainability and success is the experience and contributions of its people. The firm seeks to cultivate talent, encourage the diversity of ideas, and respect the contributions of all. In turn, each employee shares in the responsibility of strengthening those around them.
Description
Graham Capital Management, L.P. is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to join the Technology Infrastructure team. This role provides operational support for the firm’s Linux server environment, including system provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and performance optimization, as well as collaboration with other IT teams to support enterprise applications and related infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Management of operational tasks for Red Hat Linux Servers including server builds, upgrades, performance tuning, and hardware/software troubleshooting
- Oversight of server patching, lifecycle management, and configuration consistency to meet current and future GCM operational standards
- Administration and optimization of containerized workloads using Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift or orchestration products
- Support for hybrid cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including VM provisioning, storage management, and networking integration
- Monitoring and performance analysis using tools and log aggregation
- Collaboration with development teams for GIT support
- Management of backup and disaster recovery systems to ensure high availability and data integrity
- Documentation of procedures, system configurations, and operational processes to maintain a reliable knowledge base
- Maintaining source code repositories and computational environments
Requirements
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- 5+ years managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or equivalent Linux) in a production server environment
- Experience integrating Linux systems with Windows infrastructure (Samba, Active Directory, Kerberos)
- Scripting expertise in shell scripting/Python required
- Excellent communication and project management skills with the ability to multi-task and work on several projects at once, often as a part of a team
- Familiarity with hybrid or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Financial Services industry experience is a plus
This role requires commuting into our Rowayton CT office Mondays through Fridays.
Base Salary Range
The anticipated salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000. The anticipated range is based on information as of the time this post was generated and does not include any discretionary bonus or benefits (see eligibility below). The applicable annual salary or hourly rate paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors, including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience, skills, and qualifications. This wage range may be modified in the future.
In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, 401(K) plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
Notes:
No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation that a particular employee may be eligible for remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at Graham’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Graham is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to their race, color, religious creed, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, citizenship status, handicap, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or other related conditions, military status, genetic information, or any other personal characteristics protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, layoff, termination, transfer, leave of absence and compensation.