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# Windows Infrastructure Operations Engineer at Qube Research & Technologies

- **Company:** Qube Research & Technologies
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/quberesearchandtechnologies/jobs/8894575002

## Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in various liquid asset classes worldwide. The company uses a technology and data-driven approach to investing. By combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise, QRT adopts a collaborative mindset to address complex challenges. The company's culture of innovation aims to achieve high-quality returns for investors.

The Infrastructure Operations Team ensures the stability and performance of QRT’s global Windows platforms, which underpins both trading and research platforms. The team works closely with end users, application teams, and engineering groups to provide day-to-day operational support, while also driving automation, monitoring, and deployment initiatives across a high-performance computing environment.

## Your Future Role within QRT

- Monitor the health, availability and performance of Windows infrastructure and respond proactively to alerts and service degradation.
- Provide 2nd- and 3rd-line operational support for Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware and associated infrastructure services.
- Investigate and resolve incidents affecting Windows servers, applications and virtual machines, escalating complex engineering issues to the UK platform team where appropriate.
- Perform routine administration, maintenance and approved changes across Windows Server 2022–2025 environments.
- Support Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, certificate services and Entra ID integration.
- Manage server patching, security remediation, capacity and operational lifecycle activities.
- Monitor and troubleshoot server backups, supporting recovery testing and disaster recovery readiness.
- Support VMware ESXi clusters, virtual machines, storage connectivity and related infrastructure.
- Use tools such as Splunk and other monitoring or SIEM platforms to investigate infrastructure, security and application issues.
- Support regional components of Citrix DaaS, Azure, Microsoft 365 and Intune services.
- Use PowerShell and existing automation tooling to improve operational efficiency and reduce repetitive tasks.
- Carry out infrastructure checks, operational validation and post-change monitoring for changes delivered by the UK engineering team.
- Coordinate with application, network, security and service teams to resolve cross-functional incidents.
- Maintain operational documentation, support procedures, knowledge articles and infrastructure records.
- Identify recurring problems and work with the engineering team on permanent fixes and service improvements.
- Contribute operational experience and regional requirements to global infrastructure projects.

## Your present skillset

- Strong hands-on experience supporting Windows Server environments in a large enterprise.
- Good knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and associated troubleshooting.
- Strong PowerShell skills for administration, diagnostics and operational automation.
- Experience supporting Windows patching, security hardening and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience administering VMware ESXi environments and troubleshooting virtual machines.
- Experience with enterprise backup platforms such as Veeam.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging and SIEM platforms such as Splunk.
- A good understanding of storage technologies, including SAN and NAS.
- Working knowledge of Azure, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and Intune.
- Experience supporting Citrix DaaS or other enterprise VDI environments would be beneficial.
- Familiarity with configuration and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform would be advantageous.
- A solid understanding of networking, PKI and infrastructure security principles.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across servers, desktops, applications and virtual infrastructure.
- The ability to take ownership of operational issues, prioritise effectively and remain calm during service incidents.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across different regions and technical disciplines.

Base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000 per year.

QRT Total Compensation includes discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.

## About Qube Research & Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager that deploys data, research, and technology to execute multi-strategy trading across all asset classes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2018 (spun off from a systematic trading team at Credit Suisse, with roots tracing to 2016)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (spun out of Credit Suisse's systematic trading team)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Quantitative Hedge Fund / Systematic Investment Management
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and other large allocators)
- **Mission/purpose**: To combine data, research, technology, and trading expertise to solve complex challenges and deliver high-quality returns for investors.

## Products & Services
- **Multi-Strategy Investment Management**: QRT deploys a diverse range of investment strategies across geographies, asset classes (equities, fixed income, FX, commodities, crypto), and time frames (high-frequency to long-term). They operate as a systematic, data-driven hedge fund.
- **Quantitative Research & Technology Platform**: The firm's core offering is its proprietary technology and research platform, which enables quantitative researchers, data scientists, and software engineers to develop and execute trading models at scale.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding: Not applicable (privately held, profitable firm). **Assets Under Management (AUM)**: Added $4bn in AUM between the start of 2024 and May 2024, returning 22% from January to April 2024 according to reports.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Institutional investors (pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments). Spun off from Credit Suisse's systematic trading team.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **+56.4% YoY** to 1,787 employees. Expanded to 16 offices across 24 countries (including new offices in Dubai, Chicago, and New York). Over 100 active job openings. AUM grew significantly in 2024.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Data & Technology Moat**: Combines proprietary research, massive datasets, and advanced technology (including machine learning, low-latency C++/FPGA systems, and cloud infrastructure) to generate alpha across all asset classes and timeframes.
- **Multi-Strategy, Multi-Asset Diversification**: Operates across geographies, asset classes, and time horizons, reducing single-strategy risk and allowing capital to flow to the best opportunities.
- **Talent Density & Culture**: Rapidly hires top talent from competitors (Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Millennium, Credit Suisse) and top universities. A young, high-performance culture with 74% of staff aged 40 or under.
- **Compensation Model**: Over 40% of staff are part of a deferred compensation plan with exposure to fund performance, aligning employee incentives directly with investor returns.

## Strategic Focus
- **Aggressive Global Expansion**: Rapidly scaling headcount (+56% YoY) and opening new offices in key financial hubs (Dubai, Chicago, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong).
- **Technology & Infrastructure Investment**: Heavy investment in low-latency trading systems, FPGA engineering, cloud infrastructure, and data platforms (Snowflake, Python, C++, C#).
- **Talent Acquisition**: Prioritizing hiring top quantitative researchers, software engineers, data scientists, and traders from competitors and top universities. Over 100 open roles globally.
- **Crypto & New Asset Classes**: Actively building a crypto trading team and expanding into new asset classes and geographies.

## Why Work Here
- **Compensation & Career Growth**: Highly competitive pay. Interns can earn around $12k per month. Over 40% of staff are in a deferred compensation plan with exposure to fund performance. Glassdoor rating of 4.1/5.0, with compensation (4.0) and career opportunities (4.1) as top highlights.
- **Culture & Demographics**: Young, high-performance culture (74% of staff aged 40 or under, 38% aged 30 or under). 90% of staff reported good team morale in an internal survey. Described as a "fertile ground for experimental research."
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office-based depending on role and location. Offices in London (HQ), Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Dubai, Mumbai, Geneva, and more. New London office in Victoria.
- **Notable Perks**: Deferred compensation plan with fund performance exposure. Interns can earn around $12k per month. Strong focus on work-life balance initiatives.
- **Engineering Culture**: Heavy emphasis on technology (Python, C++, C#, Snowflake, FPGA, low-latency systems, MLflow, Kubernetes). 22% of staff are in Research roles, 6% in Technical roles. Strong support for coding initiatives and academic projects in maths and science.

## Sources
1. [qube-rt.com](https://www.qube-rt.com/)
2. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/qube-rt)
3. [efinancialcareers-canada.com](https://www.efinancialcareers-canada.com/news/qube-research-and-technologies-hiring-and-culture)
4. [Greenhouse Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/quberesearchandtechnologies?page=2)
5. [Careers Page](https://www.qube-rt.com/careers)

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