Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Job Overview

The role is for a Senior Network Engineer responsible for customer on-boarding and general support as well as maintenance upgrades and projects. The ideal candidate will be part of a team responsible for managing the company's network environment including day to day support, client onboarding and support as well as technical upgrade projects. This role requires a strong understanding of Networking concepts and protocols, excellent problem-solving abilities, and a customer-centric attitude. You will work closely with highly technical internal teams and end-users to ensure the smooth operation of the Aquis systems. This is a key role with huge scope to learn new skills.

Preferred candidates will have some previous Financial / Banking experience along with Low-Latency and Multicast. Over time, this may develop into a Team Lead or Managers role so any previous experience and the desire to head in that direction would be beneficial.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Monitor and support live Trading platforms during operational hours.
• Participate in a support rota of early/late shifts supporting exchange hours 7am - 6.30pm responding to any operational issues. Additionally, this role requires occasional evening or weekend work to deliver planned maintenance.
• Full lifecycle network upgrade projects from initial conception, racking/patching, configuration, to live infrastructure / support documentation.
• Raise and implement network or firewall changes based on tickets and requests from internal teams or external clients.
• Assist in the administration of logging and alerting services (Nagios, SolarWinds, etc).
• Ensure that all policies, procedures, and documentation are kept up to date.

• Work closely with clients from initial onboarding to on-going support and upgrades.

• Manage and support network (Cisco / Arista) and security infrastructure (FW's, VPNs and other security infrastructure).

• Manage relationships and work with vendors to escalate issues when appropriate.

Required Skills/Experience

• 5+ years' experience in a network support / engineering role, having achieved relevant qualifications, e.g. CCNP or similar.
• Strong proficiency in the following areas:
• Routing and switching technologies (e.g. BGP, OSPF)
• Access control list (ACLs)
• VXLAN EVPN underlay/overlay architectures
• Network monitoring and observability tools e.g., Nagios or SolarWinds
• VPNs and Firewalls (ideally on Fortinet or similar appliances)
• Packet capture and analysis
• Cisco / Arista network hardware
• IP Multicasting experience (PIM, MSDP, IGMP) highly desirable though training will be provided.
• Experience with cloud providers or virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware) desirable
• Experience working with low latency technologies/networks a strong advantage
• Linux administration skills are a bonus, with potential to collaborate with the Linux SA team on crossover projects and support tasks.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgement when solving problems as well as anticipating issues in advance and proposing effective solutions.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with passionate attention to detail and a willingness to learn new skills.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills