• Act as the primary technical interface with the client, engaging to understand future initiatives, business needs, and high-level technical requirements • Contribute to the client's long-term technical roadmap, helping them understand the implications and feasibility of their plans • Define the overall system architecture for the catalog value stream, including microservice boundaries, communication patterns, and technology choices • Develop and communicate the long-term architectural vision for the catalog value stream, ensuring alignment with organizational and business strategy • Identify and address potential conflicts or dependencies between the catalog value stream and other value streams • Define security and compliance standards for the catalog value stream, ensuring all solutions meet regulatory and organizational requirements • Define high-level tooling and automation standards for the catalog value stream, promoting consistency and efficiency across teams • Conduct thorough technical evaluations of proposed technologies, including compatibility, scalability, and long-term viability, and present findings and recommendations to the Architecture Manager • Facilitate high-level communication and collaboration between the different teams in the catalog value stream, owning the cross-team alignment agenda • Identify high-level areas where technical debt is hindering the value stream and provide strategic context and direction for resolution • Drive strategic improvement initiatives and long-term architectural refactoring that affect the overall system • Create high-level architectural diagrams and documentation for system-wide reference • Provide direction on architecture-impacting changes when escalated, including significant refactoring with system-wide implications

• Implement, configure, and develop S4 HANA projects with Agile methodology • Implement, configure and develop EWM objects with Agile methodology • Provide Hyperscale support • Work on different processes of EWM which includes inbound process and outbound process • Implement and support SAP ABAP Projects • Work as an ABAP lead implementing, configuring, and designing road maps for SAP projects and coordinating with domain leads to be involved in designing IFRS16 reporting and month end activities. • 30% domestic travel required to support end users.

• Develop, test and maintain applications with a primary focus on back-end, ensuring performance, scalability and security; • Design and implement APIs, services and integrations between internal and external systems; • Participate in defining software architecture, contributing technical decisions and best practices; • Optimize database queries and ensure efficient handling of large volumes of data; • Ensure code quality through automated tests, code reviews and use of development patterns; • Monitor, diagnose and resolve production issues, ensuring application stability and high availability; • Collaborate with front-end, product, QA and infrastructure teams to deliver complete, integrated solutions; • Participate in agile ceremonies (planning, daily stand-ups, review, retrospective), contributing estimates and timelines; • Document technical solutions, APIs and processes to support maintenance and system evolution; • Support and mentor junior developers, sharing knowledge and promoting best practices;

Title: Systems Engineer Location: Chicago United States Job Description: About Akuna: Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market-maker - meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm's first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world - Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London and Singapore. What you will do as a Systems Engineer at Akuna: We are looking for a versatile and driven Systems Engineer to join our Engineering team in building a best-in-class trading infrastructure. In this role, you'll tackle complex, large-scale technical challenges and play a key role in the architecture and design of low latency platforms, building automated deployments and tooling, and optimizing and maintaining of our high-performance global trading environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, proactive, and able to take ownership of projects and problems with minimal oversight. In this role, you will: - Analyze complex technical problems and collaborate on designing solutions for Akuna's global Infrastructure platform - Drive projects and solutions to completion in a fast-paced environment - Design, develop and maintain orchestration and configuration solutions - Collaborate with developers and other infrastructure engineers to research new products and techniques that drive innovation and improve efficiency and performance in the environment - Architect and maintain multi-vendor, tier-based storage solutions - Build out a test automation framework for systems performance testing and tuning - Create and institute process enforcement across environments - Create tools that assist teams to optimize the available infrastructure - Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides - Lead knowledge transfer sessions and mentor team members to ensure continuity and operational excellence - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize system performance, security, and reliability Qualities that make great candidates: - Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field - 3+ years of systems engineering experience - Deep understanding of virtualization and containerization technologies - Extensive experience with a variety of Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.) - Deep understanding of system monitoring and configuration management tools (Ansible, Foreman, Prometheus and Icinga/Nagios) - Proficiency in scripting and using automation and orchestration tools such as Python and Bash - Expertise in troubleshooting multicast and TCP related performance issues - Experience automating daily software and hardware related tasks - Demonstrated ability to lead large technical projects - Experience with automating infrastructure builds, such as Preseed, NetBoot, Anaconda, Kickstart and Ansible customization - Familiarity with git or a similar version control tool - This role is open to hybrid and fully remote candidates In addition to technical skillsets, Akuna values the unique perspectives people can bring to the table to collaboratively solve complex problems and drive Akuna forward. We want everyone to feel empowered to apply. We welcome your application and encourage you to take the first steps toward your future with us! In accordance with Illinois Equal Pay Act, the minimum base salary starts at $120,000. Exact compensation offered may vary based on many factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, qualifications, and skill set. This role is also eligible for a discretionary performance bonus as part of the total compensation package and includes a comprehensive benefits package that may encompass employer-paid medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, paid time off, and other benefits. The minimum base salary herein was determined in good faith by Akuna Capital LLC.