Linux Engineer at OTC Markets Group Inc
New York, NY
$85,000–$88,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level infrastructure role focused on maintaining Linux-based production systems, writing Ansible playbooks for configuration management, and building Python tooling to automate operational tasks. The position suits someone with a couple of years of Linux experience and scripting ability who wants to grow into reliability engineering and infrastructure-as-code, working alongside more senior engineers in a hybrid office setting.
Junior level · 2+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 770 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 410–1,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,015 (middle half $98,091–$145,542). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is explicitly described as 'entry level' and the posting frames it as a growth opportunity — seniority is assessed as Junior despite the 2+ year Linux requirement.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role blends infrastructure operations (Linux sysadmin, monitoring, backup) with meaningful software/automation work (Python tooling, Ansible, CI/CD). 15-1244 (Systems Administrators) is chosen as primary because the day-to-day emphasis is on maintaining and supporting production Linux infrastructure; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a credible runner-up given the Python and infrastructure-as-code expectations.
VMware is listed under required qualifications as an example of virtualization ('VMware or similar'), so it is marked required; the 'or similar' qualifier signals the specific platform is interchangeable, but the virtualization concept itself is a hard gate.
REST APIs appears in both the required section ('familiarity with making/consuming API calls') and the preferred section ('familiarity with REST APIs in a systems or automation context'). The required mention is framed as general web/API familiarity rather than a named technology gate, while the preferred section names REST APIs explicitly — on balance treated as preferred to avoid double-counting.
CI/CD and GitHub Actions are listed under the 'Preferred (but not required) qualifications' section.
The role is hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) — not fully remote, so remote is set to false.
Compensation is stated as a base salary range of $85,000–$88,000/year, with stock options, annual cash bonus, and equity awards as additional components not quantified in the posting.
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