Senior Virtualization Engineer
- Pay
- $220,000 – $280,000 per year
- Location
- Chicago, IL · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- OpenStack
- Linux
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Python
Also useful
- VMware ESXi
- Kubernetes
- Golang
- full stack web development
Stated benefits & perks
- Group medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k match
- Disability insurance
Our philosophy
- We believe in relentless automation of repetitive tasks.
- We have the curiosity and drive to dig deep and find creative solutions.
- We believe our goal is to find the right solution rather than always being right.
- We provide exceptional customer service to our teams and trading desks.
- We care more that the right thing is done than about rigid job descriptions or boundaries.
What you'll do
- Own and improve infrastructure, processes, and standards for DRW's Virtualization platform.
- Relentlessly automate repetitive manual tasks.
- Design, implement, and manage OpenStack clouds, including deployment, configuration, and maintenance of OpenStack components.
- Diagnose and rectify complex problems involving multiple teams related to OpenStack including compute, storage, and networking issues.
- Provide exceptional customer service to our platform's users.
- Coach engineers on best practices, help investigate outages, set a high standard for operational and technical excellence.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues in a high-intensity trading environment as part of an on-call rotation.
Your background
- Expert level proficiency in administration of OpenStack.
- Deep knowledge of networking, storage, Linux, and virtualization fundamentals.
- Proficiency with industry-standard IAC tooling (e.g. Terraform, Ansible).
- Scripting/Coding experience in multiple languages (e.g. Python, Golang, Bash).
- Experience maintaining/deploying/configuring server hardware and deploying virtual machines.
- A service focused attitude: you ask questions and focus on getting the right resources and solutions to people instead of rigid boundaries.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills. You can work across teams and have evidence-based discussions on technical and operational topics.
- You enjoy leading by example. You cultivate technical excellence and soft skills in your team members.
Bonus points if you have
- Experience with VMWare ESXi.
- Experience with Containerization / Kubernetes.
- Experience administering on-premise infrastructure.
- Experience developing, deploying, and supporting full stack web applications.
- Experience with multiple programming languages in both greenfield development and legacy maintenance.
Pay and benefits
The annual base salary range for this position is $220,000 to $280,000 depending on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.
About DRW
DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it's not just what we do that matters-it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
The Virtualization team provides scalable on-premises compute for DRW's trading desks, data scientists, and enterprise application teams. Our goal is to enable teams to keep focused on their business goals by providing simple, scalable solutions with off the shelf tools and the right amount of focused engineering.
We're looking for a Senior Engineer for our Virtualization team who will help guide the design and implementation of a new OpenStack-based virtualization platform. In this role you will help guide key architectural decisions for this platform, set engineering standards, identify and eliminate risks, and ensure optimal performance and cost-efficiency.
From DRW's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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The Senior Virtualization Engineer posting at DRW states compensation of $220,000 – $280,000 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on DRW's official career site.
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