DevOps Engineer at Quantiq
Austin, TX
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Jul 31, 2026
Austin, TX
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on infrastructure and systems role at a high-frequency derivatives trading firm, responsible for maintaining and optimizing a 50–100 node Fedora Linux environment that includes servers, FPGAs, custom networking hardware, and datacenter equipment. Day-to-day work spans low-latency Linux kernel tuning, network configuration, automation scripting, and building deployment pipelines — all in support of uptime-critical trading operations.
Senior level · 5+ years
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 1, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
Location is not stated anywhere in the posting. The company (Quantiq) appears to be a trading firm but no city, state, or country is mentioned — CBSA left blank.
The role title is 'DevOps Engineer' but the primary day-to-day work described is operating and tuning physical infrastructure (servers, FPGAs, switches, kernel parameters, IRQ affinities) rather than building software or deployment tooling. This sits closer to systems/network administration (15-1244) than software development (15-1252), though the CI/CD and scripting emphasis creates genuine ambiguity — hence the alternate SOC.
C++ appears in the qualifications list alongside Python and Bash as a scripting/automation skill. It is listed under the hard requirements section but feels atypical for a DevOps/sysadmin role; it may reflect the firm's trading-system context rather than a strict gate. Included as required per its placement.
The technology list (Fedora Linux, FreeIPA, OpenLDAP, OpenVPN, DNS, ZFS, Gitea, Zulip, GRUB, PXE) is explicitly footnoted: 'You are not expected to know every technology listed but experience in all is a plus.' All are therefore marked preferred.
Basic networking tools (ping, ifconfig, telnet, Wireshark, nmcli) are listed under qualifications. Wireshark is the only named, standalone tool worth capturing; the others are generic Unix utilities rather than distinct named technologies.
No compensation, employment type, or work-location details are provided in the posting.
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