Senior Network Engineer recruitment
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work closely with market access architecture teams and front office trading staff to implement and improve performance on low latency market making applications.
• Manage technical projects including involvement from local and global application, infrastructure, governance, and client teams
• Serve as a point of contact for coordination with IT globally on all technical topics, including strategic infrastructure/toolkit initiatives.
• Work closely with clients, business analysts and team members to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.
• Validate design proposals for new solutions and coordinate technical reviews of existing systems.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Required:
• Expertise in equity markets external connectivity related to low latency trading.
• Expertise in ‘state of the art’ data network technologies.
• Active participation in industry wide user groups around data networking, market access and low latency infrastructure technologies.
• Broad experience in various industry standard and Cisco data networking protocols (BGP, OSPF, VRF, MPLS/VPLS, Multicast, STP, QoS, ethernet and TCP/UDP/IP).
• Full working knowledge of Cisco Catalyst 650n, ISR and ASR, Netscout, Niksun, Corvil or comparable network tool suites.
• Working knowledge of various market and exchange feed and order passing protocols.
Desired: Experience in the following:
• Ciscoworks, Nexus and ACS platforms, 802.1x, and Blade Network Technology 10GE switches
• Data Center relocation and or build out experience
• Understanding of telco technologies such as DWDM, SONET and SDH
• Cisco based wireless LAN systems (SWAN)
COMPETENCIES
• Strong use of concepts: Understands a situation or problem by putting the pieces together, seeing the larger picture. It includes identifying patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related, identifying key or underlying issues in complex situations, using creative conceptual, inductive reasoning to apply existing concepts to define innovative ideas. More intuitive than rational approach of situations or problems by first trying to find the abstract meaning of things rather than the concrete nature.
• Analytical capability: Able to break down complex problems into simple manageable units, develops solutions for each unit, and integrates them back into the whole. Can absorb ideas quickly and apply then pragmatically.
• Adaptability: Able to adjust to new environments, work effectively in varied situations and function in changing circumstances with a minimum of confusion or loss of productivity.
• Results oriented: setting goals and priorities that maximize the use of resources available to consistently deliver quality results.
• Strong interpersonal effectiveness: is self aware of their own behavior and work style, as well as tolerant of different needs and viewpoints. Demonstrates interest in others opinions and shows consideration, concern and respect for other people feelings.
• Communication Skills: excellent verbal and writing skills in English are a must (in French are a plus),
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
Required:
• 10+ years with the required technical experience listed above
• Technical Lead/Architect for system initiatives within large scale international organization
• Conducting/participating in product evaluations and performance testing
• Experience in investment banking environment with focus on market access(5 years or more),
EDUCATION
Desired: Master degree in Computer Science or related