Job Overview:
One of our trading firm customers is seeking a skilled Network Engineer to join their team and support their network infrastructure for real-time trading systems.
What You'll Do:
- Design and implement low-latency network solutions based on business requirements.
- Lead strategic projects to develop and optimize high-performance network solutions at various data center locations.
- Collaborate with financial exchanges, brokers, and banks to establish network connectivity in shared colocation facilities.
- Conduct high-level analysis and troubleshooting of network infrastructure.
- Respond to network requests, diagnose, isolate, and resolve complex network failures to ensure timely results and minimal disruption.
- Perform network maintenance and system upgrades, including patches and hotfixes to address vendor bugs and vulnerabilities.
- Monitor system resource utilization, analyze historical trends, and conduct capacity planning.
- Participate in the team on-call rotation cycle.
What We're Looking For:
- 6+ years of experience in a networking environment as a network engineer.
- Hands-on experience with complex network designs and principles, including L2 switching, dynamic routing, firewalling, and VPN.
- Extensive knowledge of network operating systems.
- Strong understanding of multicast, exchange connectivity, and real-time market data feeds.
- Ability to troubleshoot network latency and packet drop issues.
- Experience with network monitoring, diagnostic, and analytics tools, as well as automation; familiarity with Python and Ansible is a plus.
- Experience with physical planning, implementation, and support of space, power, and structured cabling within a data center environment.
- Experience troubleshooting fiber optic connectivity in and between data center locations is a plus.
- Experience working with financial exchanges, brokers, and banks.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration across the firm.
Bonus Points:
- Hands-on experience with cloud services.
- Understanding of network time synchronization protocols.
- Experience with databases and big data tools.
- Proficiency with Linux Shell utilities.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $140,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Experience:
- Networking: 6 years (Required)
- Financial services: 2 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- New York, NY 10001 (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10001