Senior Manager, Network Engineering

The Sr. Manager of Network Engineering is a senior technical leader responsible for leading a high-performing network engineering team that designs, builds, and operates the low-latency infrastructure supporting our company’s global financial exchange platforms. This role sits at the intersection of hands-on technical depth and strategic execution, ensuring the network consistently meets the performance, reliability, and determinism required for global markets.

Our company’s network directly underpins market integrity and fairness, requiring expert-level understanding of low-latency architecture, routing design, and the practical limitations of network hardware and software platforms. This is not a generalist leadership role. Technical credibility and the ability to guide engineers through complex, research-driven design and implementation work is essential. The Sr. Manager is expected to operate independently, own outcomes end-to-end, and align engineering efforts to key business and market initiatives with a strong “make it happen” mindset.

The team is responsible for a broad and evolving network footprint, including low-latency trading infrastructure, global WAN/MPLS, hybrid cloud connectivity, remote office networking, network authentication, packet capture and timestamping systems, and automation tooling. The Sr. Manager works closely with Network Operations and Security teams to provide escalation support, drive resolution of complex issues, and ensure seamless collaboration across infrastructure domains.

Additional Notes - Team Scope: Manager of all Network Engineers in the Americas (6 engineers); additional opening on the team Role: Technical leadership role; manages team while remaining hands-on Focus: Represents Network Engineering in projects, oversees delivery, and partners cross-functionally Background: Ideally progressed from Network Engineer into management with prior people leadership experience Technical Environment: Corporate networking, WAN, BGP, OSPF, data center networking, multicast, low-latency networks Industry Preference: Strong preference for financial services/high-frequency trading experience Ideal Candidate: Experience in high-frequency trading environments Technical Depth: Strong understanding of network architecture, switches, and networking hardware Automation: Ansible and NetBox for network automation and standardization Monitoring: Prometheus and Grafana experience preferred Scripting: Python and API development experience preferred Credentials: Bachelor’s degree and/or networking certifications preferred but not required

Skills and Requirements

• To support strong partnership and team connection, this role follows a four day in office work model - Chicago, New York, or Kansas City - can sit out of any of these locations -Role Overview, Success in this role requires the ability to lead in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment with shifting priorities and parallel workstreams. The Sr. Manager serves as a technical authority, mentor, and decision-maker, setting direction, establishing best practices, and driving execution across both strategic projects and day-to-day operations. Strong communication skills are critical, including the ability to clearly articulate technical risks, trade-offs, and priorities to senior leadership while maintaining alignment across engineering teams. Experience in high-frequency trading environments or financial services 2. Preferred certifications: * Cisco CCIE (Routing & Switching or Data Center) or equivalent expert-level experience Arista, Juniper, or other advanced networking certifications (preferred)