Infrastructure & Support

Description

Network Engineer –Multicast – Switching - Routing – Cisco – London. A high frequency trading provider and market maker seeks to hire a Network Engineer to join a high performance, low latency networking team in London. The Network Engineer gain exposure to the latest technologies, work with a low latency network spanning over 5 countries, work on complex multicasting projects and gain extensive experience working closely with front office users, developers and system administrators across Asia, Europe and the US. The client is within the top 10 high frequency and proprietary trading companies globally, their reputation is one of technology innovation, staff investment and hiring exceptional talent from within the finance community. The Network Engineer does not require any finance experience as full training will be provided, however experience gained working within business critical network environment will be given preference by the client.

The Network Engineer will:

Work as part of a global network team monitoring and troubleshooting low latency network environments across several continents-
Provide 2nd & 3rd level support for network technologies
Design and implement network and security based solutions as part of this global team
Analyse and troubleshoot network performance issues
Provide technical expertise dealing with advanced HFT – network connectivity fault resolution
Work closely with development, data centre and projects teams

The Network Engineer will have:

Experience of client-server architecture and network support
L2 Switching / L3 Routing technologies
Experience working with high performance networking
Experience liaising with traders and technology staff
Solid Cisco experience
Experience with Multicasting – PIM / IGMP / MSDP
Scripting / Automation experience – Python – Perl – Bash - Ansible
Experience with VPNs 

This proprietary trading business is at the forefront of low-latency algorithmic trading and is renowned for offering extensive training and career development. The environment is complex and exciting which will give the Network Engineer exposure to working with an innovative technology stack and key projects starting in 2018. The Network Engineer Benefits package is excellent, this includes: Superb bonus, private medical insurance, contributory pension, free gym membership, 25 days holiday, free breakfast and lunch.