Principal Engineer- Linux

Company Overview

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the worlds most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrows challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

Arcesium seeks a talented and motivated Principal Engineer to join our Infrastructure Development team. This person will work and coordinate internal projects and support Engineering Managers. The successful candidate will be responsible for a variety of critical initiatives that will help Arcesium achieve its strategic goals and growth.

The Infrastructure Development team is responsible for multiple functional areas which include Access & Identity Management, Linux Compute, Discovery, Networking, Observability, SDLC, and Storage, built on top of AWS, which provide the foundation upon which our customer-facing financial technology platform builds and runs. Infrastructure is a high-impact engineering team that builds new services, automates systems, integrates cloud & open-source software, and operates critical systems depending on the needs of the firm.

What you'll do:

• Help build the next generation of IT infrastructure e.g. containers infrastructure using Docker & Kubernetes cluster create, manage and upgrade
• Create, consult on and review architectural decisions of infrastructure projects/products
• Build and maintain the firms critical IT infrastructure such as Linux, Windows, Git, DNS, Kerberos, Syslog, Apache, Perl, Python, E-mail, Ansible, ELK
• Safeguard the firms and its customers data
• Minimize the risk of system failures and ensure that controls are in place to detect failures
• Work with tech teams to ensure infrastructure scales dynamically based on the usage pattern
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop messaging to senior stakeholders
• Build and maintain relationships and create trust with internal stakeholders and Application Engineering teams
• Communicate with all stakeholders, prepare project plans, release notes and conduct regular governance meetings

What you'll need:

• 10-20 years of experience in system administration/software engineering
• Strong programming experience in Python/C/Go/Haskell
• Good knowledge of Unix system, web technologies, and AWS
• Experience with tools and processes that will help you manage, understand, and debug large, complex distributed systems
• Attention to detail and quality, and the ability to work well in and across teams
• The ability to be self-motivated and to think independently while being a team player
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple deliverables paired with a can-do attitude

Arcesium and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. Note that for us, this is more than just a legal boilerplate. We are genuinely committed to these principles, which form an important part of our corporate culture, and are eager to hear from extraordinarily well qualified individuals having a wide range of backgrounds and personal characteristics.

Locations - Hyderabad, Bangalore & Gurugram