Job responsibilities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Formal Training and certification such as CCNP, CCIE or equivalent and 5+ years of applied experience
- Strong understanding of network architecture, protocols, and technologies (e.g., TCP/IP, multicast, routing, switching).
- Knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments
- Experience in network architecture, systems engineering, or a related field, preferably within the financial services industry.
- Utilize network automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Ansible) to automate network tasks and configurations.
- Deep technical knowledge across multiple domains including Cloud technologies.
- Design, configure, and manage routing, switching infrastructure including load balancers, to ensure efficient distribution of network traffic.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic trading environment, with a willingness to learn and implement new technologies.
Maintain a thorough understanding of basic and advanced concepts in the fields/products/tools of: Network system architecture (processor, ASIC, FPGA, port capabilities, packet forwarding, buffers, etc.); a good knowledge of network routing protocols: Multicast, PIM & IGMP; IP packet analysis using Wireshark; Arista, Cisco, F5 and Fortinet product range
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Exposure to managing budgets
- Familiarity with financial markets, trading platforms, and electronic trading systems.
- Understanding of market data feeds and exchange connectivity
- Understand deeply network design, implementation, and maintenance, and manage complex network environments to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of the trading infrastructure.
- Configure and manage Cisco routers and switches with proficiency, including knowledge of IOS and NX-OS.
- Demonstrate expertise in Arista's EOS and experience with Arista's low latency switching solutions.
- Comprehend in-depth network protocols such as BGP, FHRP, and multicast.