Elite global boutique hedge fund seeks Network Engineer to join their growing team. You will be working in a team environment and interact with traders, mid-office, data team, admin team and outside brokers. The fund is seeking a dedicated Network Engineer to maintain and support the firm's network infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and reliability in a Windows / Linux hedge fund environment. Candidates should be attentive to detail, possess strong problem-solving skills, and be motivated to rapidly learn and collaborate within a close-knit technical team.
Job Responsibilities
- Perform all routine network administration tasks, including managing firewall rules, switch configuration changes, periodic device patching and maintenance, and troubleshooting complex network connectivity issues
- Support WAN cross-connects and interconnect circuits with various counterparties like brokers, market data vendors, and cloud providers
- Manage and fully support the firms network environment of Arista switches and Fortinet firewalls, spanning one main office location, two colocation datacenters, and a variety of public cloud presences. Support other miscellaneous infrastructure like Meraki Wi-Fi access points and remote access solutions
- Design, Implement, and optimize network and security services like Fortigate and Zscaler, in on-premises or cloud deployments
- Complete scheduled operational tasks and respond to alerts or issues that arise from monitoring solutions like Solarwinds and SIEM
- Monitor network performance and implement high availability solutions with redundancy and failover
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of the firm's network such as diagrams of network topologies, standard configurations for network devices, and related operating procedures
- Assist in any infrastructure projects or new network solution deployments as necessary
Requirements
4 year university degree (focus on technology is preferred)Relevant Certification such as Network+, CCNA, Security+ or similar is a plus3 5+ years of experience managing enterprise network infrastructure, ideally within the finance sector or other relevant industryDetailed knowledge of the OSI network stack, with expertise in all layers of the stackExpertise in WAN and routing topologies, datacenter switching, and traffic management strategiesExperience in designing and operating secure hybrid multi-cloud systems (GCP, Azure, AWS) including cloud connectivity and Infrastructure-as-code. Knowledge of cloud networking infrastructure like DNS, VPC, Firewalls, SGs, CASB, IDP, IAMDemonstrated mastery of all core networking concepts, including switching and routing, subnetting and addressingAdvanced knowledge of networking protocols like Ethernet, LACP, STP variants, 802.1q, 802.1x, VLAN and technologies like OSPF, BGP, Multicast PIM, NAT, VRRP, MLAG, QoS, VXLAN, GRE, IPSEC, DHCP, and PBRBroad understanding of enterprise technology : applications, desktops, servers, storage, and security, particularly as it pertains to network operations and connectivityProactive with strong organizational and interpersonal communication skills