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# Network Team Lead, Systematic Trading Infrastructure

- **Company:** POINT72, L.P.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $250,000.0 - $350,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Computer Networks, Wavelength-Division Multiplexing, Data Centers, Extranet, IP Routing, Network Layer, Network Architecture, Packet Analyzer, Wide Area Networks, Computer Networking Systems, Load Balancing, Firewalls (Computer Science), Low Latency
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e9f0e9d44aed6784

## About the Role

* Significant experience at a buy-side or sell-side financial firm directly responsible for production trading network infrastructure in colocation environments
 * Deep expertise in BGP and IP routing across wide area network (WAN) and extranet environments supporting latency-sensitive trading connectivity
 * Demonstrated experience with layer 2 and layer 3 design for low-latency data center fabrics
 * Strong knowledge of load balancer and firewall platforms, segmentation architecture, and secure connectivity patterns for trading infrastructure
 * Hands-on experience with multicast market data distribution, troubleshooting, gap and loss analysis, and reliable line-rate feed delivery
 * Practical experience with layer 1 mux and tap, switching, optical transport, DWDM, and colocation cross-connect management
 * Working knowledge of precision time synchronization, hardware timestamping, packet capture, and packet analysis at line rate
 * Hands-on experience with network platforms used in latency-sensitive environments and familiarity with kernel bypass and low-latency host networking concepts
 * Experience leading or mentoring engineers, either as a people manager or senior technical lead accountable for the work of others
 * Commitment to the highest ethical standards

## Description

* Lead a specialized global network team that owns the critical path between trading strategies and markets across collocated sites and inter-site connectivity
 * Own the architectural roadmap for the collocated trading environment and wide area network (WAN) connecting exchange sites, proximity data centers, venues, brokers, and data providers
 * Design and operate ultra-low-latency network fabrics, including layer 1 topologies, optical transport, structured cabling, patching strategy, and capacity planning
 * Evaluate, procure, validate, and monitor inter-site circuits to ensure route latency, stability, resilience, and performance meet production trading requirements
 * Manage BGP, IP routing, load balancing, firewall, and segmentation architecture across the WAN and extranet connectivity protecting the trading estate
 * Own end-to-end market data connectivity, including multicast and unicast feed delivery, gap and loss analysis, arbitration paths, and line-rate reliability
 * Lead venue and broker connectivity onboarding for order entry, including gateway sessions, conformance, certification, and operational readiness for new launches
 * Own network latency and quality monitoring, packet capture, precision timing, and telemetry capabilities that provide evidence-based answers about network performance
 * Drive automation for network changes, validations, venue onboarding, compliance checks, diagnostics, and safer change execution using modern automation and approaches assisted by artificial intelligence
 * Develop engineers, set operational standards, manage vendor and colocation relationships, and communicate architectural decisions and incident findings to senior stakeholders