Network Engineer (Trade)

Hays plc

London, UK

29 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

7 years minimum

Compensation

£208,000.0 - £234,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.reed.co.uk

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Border Gateway Protocol Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Computer Networks Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Network Address Translation Domain Name System (DNS) Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Python (Programming Language)

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Multicasting Network Planning and Design Routing Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) OpenShift Overlay Transport Virtualization Ansible Systems Integration Virtual Local Area Networks Load Balancing Computer Network Technologies Istio Kubernetes Low Latency Fortinet Terraform Cisco

Requirements

Minimum 7+ years’ experience supporting mission-critical networking within financial markets or exchange environments.
Proven experience working directly within a recognised Exchange, Trading Venue or Financial Market Infrastructure organisation. Strong understanding of electronic trading architectures, market data distribution, exchange connectivity and low-latency network design.

Core Competencies:

Deep expertise across core networking technologies and protocols, including: BGP, OSPF, VRF, VLANs, VXLAN, VPN, NAT, DNS, DHCP, PTP, Multicast.
Strong experience in routing, switching, firewalling and load balancing with major vendor platforms (Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet, A10/F5).
Deep expertise in network latency visibility and monitoring, with a strong track record of diagnosing and resolving latency-sensitive issues within electronic trading environments.
Strong understanding and operational experience of PTP environments, including timing distribution and regulatory timestamping requirements.
Experience delivering infrastructure projects in highly regulated financial environments.
Previous experience supporting and integrating cloud platforms and cloud native networking (AWS/Azure/GCP).
Familiarity with Kubernetes/OpenShift networking (CNI plugins, eBPF, service mesh, ingress/egress controllers, network policies).
Hands-on experience with automation and IaC for network and cloud networking (Ansible, Terraform, Python).
Understanding of ITIL v3/v4 processes across incident, problem and change management.
Experience delivering within Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery models.