Job Description

Elite global boutique hedge fund seeks Network Engineer to join their growing team. You will be working in a team environment and interact with traders, mid-office, data team, admin team and outside brokers. The fund is seeking a dedicated Network Engineer to maintain and support the firm's network infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and reliability in a Windows/Linux hedge fund environment. Candidates should be attentive to detail, possess strong problem-solving skills, and be motivated to rapidly learn and collaborate within a close-knit technical team.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform all routine network administration tasks, including managing firewall rules, switch configuration changes, periodic device patching and maintenance, and troubleshooting complex network connectivity issues
• Support WAN cross-connects and interconnect circuits with various counterparties like brokers, market data vendors, and cloud providers
• Manage and fully support the firm’s network environment of Arista switches and Fortinet firewalls, spanning one main office location, two colocation datacenters, and a variety of public cloud presences. Support other miscellaneous infrastructure like Meraki Wi-Fi access points and remote access solutions
• Design, Implement, and optimize network and security services like Fortigate and Zscaler, in on-premises or cloud deployments
• Complete scheduled operational tasks and respond to alerts or issues that arise from monitoring solutions like Solarwinds and SIEM
• Monitor network performance and implement high availability solutions with redundancy and failover
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of the firm's network such as diagrams of network topologies, standard configurations for network devices, and related operating procedures
• Assist in any infrastructure projects or new network solution deployments as necessary

Requirements

• 4 year university degree (focus on technology is preferred)
• Relevant Certification such as Network+, CCNA, Security+ or similar is a plus
• 3 – 5+ years of experience managing enterprise network infrastructure, ideally within the finance sector or other relevant industry
• Detailed knowledge of the OSI network stack, with expertise in all layers of the stack
• Expertise in WAN and routing topologies, datacenter switching, and traffic management strategies
• Experience in designing and operating secure hybrid multi-cloud systems (GCP, Azure, AWS) including cloud connectivity and Infrastructure-as-code. Knowledge of cloud networking infrastructure like DNS, VPC, Firewalls, SGs, CASB, IDP, IAM
• Demonstrated mastery of all core networking concepts, including switching and routing, subnetting and addressing
• Advanced knowledge of networking protocols like Ethernet, LACP, STP variants, 802.1q, 802.1x, VLAN and technologies like OSPF, BGP, Multicast PIM, NAT, VRRP, MLAG, QoS, VXLAN, GRE, IPSEC, DHCP, and PBR
• Broad understanding of enterprise technology: applications, desktops, servers, storage, and security, particularly as it pertains to network operations and connectivity
• Proactive with strong organizational and interpersonal communication skills

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