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# Low Latency Network Engineer (Trading Infrastructure)

- **Company:** Autonomous Recruiter LLC
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Computer Networks, Data Centers, Multicasting, Routing, Packet Analyzer, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Performance Tuning, TCP/IP, Virtual Local Area Networks, Nx-os, Cisco
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/4a723637-40f3-4b2f-a695-bbaab4264467/network-engineer

## About the Role

Experience: 10 plus years in network/infrastructure engineering (trading/HFT experience strongly preferred), * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Electronics/Telecommunications or related field.
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 * 10 plus years of hands-on networking experience, ideally in HFT, prop trading, exchanges or other latency-sensitive environments.
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 * Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, multicast, routing (BGP/OSPF), switching, VLANs and data-centre networking.
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 * Practical experience with Arista and/or Cisco NX-OS in production trading or financial-services environments.
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 * Strong Linux networking fundamentals; comfortable working in a terminal and with performance tooling.
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 * Proven troubleshooting skills for low-latency issues (packet captures, NIC/driver tuning, switch buffers, PTP/NTP).