Posted November 1, 2019

Senior Network Engineer - Low Latency Trading

Hudson River Trading

Category:Infrastructure & IT

Location:Chicago London New York Singapore

Seniority: Senior
Employment type: Full-time
Salary (per year): $200k–$300k
Bonus: Yes

Requirements

BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related IT field
5-10 years of relevant experience, preferably in low-latency and high-frequency trading environments
In depth understanding of common layer 2 and layer 3 network protocols and best practices
Experience managing Arista, Cisco, and other common networking devices on a day-to-day basis
Experience in designing enterprise networks, capacity planning, and full lifecycle project management
Excellent oral and written communication skills: able to distill complicated issues into clear and concise terms and to create and maintain effective technical documentation
Excellent troubleshooting skills on a wide range of networking issues, including common ethernet LAN problems, multicast market data distribution, and global WAN
Understanding of basic power consumption and cooling issues in a datacenter environment
Knowledge of fiber optics technology and cabling standards. Ability to sort through specs and make recommendations on appropriate purchases
Willingness and ability to solve small technical problems in the field yourself
You have excellent collaboration skills and a willingness to admit mistakes
Familiarity with firewalls (including Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet), VPNs and NAT

About the role

The Networks team designs, builds and maintains all the communications infrastructure that allows our high-capacity, low-latency trading and data research environments to run 24/7. This network spans over 25 countries and 100 locations. We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer with experience designing and managing large environments to fulfill the high-performance and availability requirements of a premiere algorithmic trading firm operating in global financial markets.

Responsibilities

Responsible for everything from product selection and design to routing configuration and troubleshooting
Work closely with our Systems and Trading Operations teams as well as others at HRT to build, manage, and monitor our low-latency trading network
Work on a wide variety of projects to enhance the performance and capacity of the global trading and research platforms
Contribute to both high-level strategy and the technical nitty-gritty of our global network architecture

What you'll get

$200k–$300k base salary
discretionary performance-based bonuses
a competitive benefits package

Skills

OSPF · BGP · PIM · IGMP · Arista · Cisco · Adva · Ciena · tcpdump · Wireshark · Unix/Linux command line utilities · networking stack · Palo Alto · Fortinet · VPNs · NAT · Ansible · Salt · Python · Prometheus · Grafana · ELK · GitHub · AWS · GCP · Azure