Network Engineer

Skills

What you'll do

• Safeguard the continuity of our trading systems infrastructure and facilitate our traders in their day-to-day activities
• Monitor and optimise our systems which host a wide range of applications
• Be the driving force behind innovations, ranging from realizing new links between stock markets and our network to implementing solutions that optimise system stability/performance and reliability
• Maintain and improve the existing network/infra/systems which also includes network orchestration and automation tasks
• Manage, maintain and shape infrastructures, develop and enact contingency plans and provide secondary and tertiary support to our teams
• Frequent contact with internal and external stakeholders (traders, data centers/colocations, third party suppliers)

About the role

What You Will Do • Safeguard the continuity of our trading systems infrastructure and facilitate our traders in their day-to-day activities • Monitor and optimise our systems which host a wide range of applications • Be the driving force behind innovations, ranging from realizing new links between stock markets and our network to implementing solutions that optimise system stability/performance and reliability • Maintain and improve the existing network/infra/systems which also includes network orchestration and automation tasks • Manage, maintain and shape infrastructures, develop and enact contingency plans and provide secondary and tertiary support to our teams • Frequent contact with internal and external stakeholders (traders, data centers/colocations, third party suppliers) • Proactively lookout for ways to optimise performance What You Need to Succeed • Bachelor's Degree or Professional Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or equivalent • At least 3-5 years of experience in IT (support/optimization/deployments) to cover wide area networks, branch offices, cloud, multicast routing, security devices (firewalls) and wireless networks • Desired experience with support electronic trading systems within capital markets firm or equivalent industry (APAC regional knowledge) • Desired experience supporting environments with low latency networks, capture probes and network latency management systems • Strong knowledge of Cisco & Arista technologies (L2/L3 switches and routers, firewalls and wireless etc.) • Understanding the specific IT needs of our organization (low latency, high performance, redundancy and high availability) and excel at resolving issues on the fly • Experience with Unix/Linux command line and networking stack • Hands-on scripting experience (Bash/Shell, Python and Salt) • Network related certification (example CCNP) is a plus • Knowledge in Cloud platform environments (AWS and GCP) • Knowledge of Data Center and cabling standards • Understanding of Project Management methodology and best practices • Able to produce quality documentation on network design, diagrams and support materials • Desire to adopt new technologies and ability to contribute as a team player Desirable knowledge: • Routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, multicast routing [PIM SM/DM/SSM] • Knowledge on switching concepts: VLAN, Spanning-tree protocol (RSTP, MSTP), Port-Channel, VRRP/HSRP, CEF, TCAM etc. • Time synchronization protocols NTP, PTP (grandmaster, boundary clock, offset) and GPS • TCP analysis and traffic optimization with concepts as TCP Slow-start, Dup-Acks, Retransmits, SACK, Checksum and Seq Number • Security (VPN, IPSEC, SSL, Access-Lists) • Network Monitoring (Zabbix, SNMP, Netflow and Grafana) • WAN Connectivity (MPLS, Ethernet and DWDM) • Packet decoding and analysis tools such as tcpdump and wireshark Originally posted on Himalayas