HPC Network Engineer - Banking & Finance

Hamilton Barnes
Greater London, UK
6 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol Big Data Data Centers Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) Network Troubleshooting Network Layer Multicasting Network Architecture Packet Analyzer Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Overlay Transport Virtualization
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Ansible Tcpdump Wireshark Computer Network Operations Open Network Automation Platform Cisco

Job description

  • Design, deploy, and optimise large-scale data centre and HPC network environments.
  • Build and support high-performance, low-latency infrastructure across global locations.
  • Drive improvements around network scalability, performance, reliability, and capacity planning.
  • Automate network operations through scripting and tooling improvements.
  • Troubleshoot complex Layer 2/Layer 3 networking issues in highly distributed environments.
  • Develop technical documentation and contribute to engineering standards.
  • Mentor and support junior engineers while influencing future network strategy.

Requirements

  • 10+ years’ experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale or data centre networks.
  • Strong expertise across BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, spine-leaf architectures, and multicast.
  • Experience with high-performance switching platforms such as Arista, Cisco, NVIDIA/Cumulus, or SONiC.
  • Strong understanding of network architecture, capacity planning, and large-scale infrastructure design.
  • Experience using packet analysis tools such as Wireshark or tcpdump.
  • Exposure to network automation using Python, Ansible, or similar technologies.

Benefits & conditions

  • Work on some of the most advanced low-latency networking challenges in the world.
  • Join a highly technical engineering team at the forefront of high-frequency trading technology.
  • Have direct influence over architecture, automation, and next-generation infrastructure.
  • Build systems where every microsecond matters., * Up to £500,000

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