Senior Network Engineer

Stanford Black Limited; Montreal; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global multi-strategy trading firm in Montreal seeks a Core Network Specialist to design and scale their network infrastructure. The role involves implementing advanced network architectures and optimising performance for mission-critical applications. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in network engineering and strong routing and switching skills. This position is full-time and offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, high-impact environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in network engineering, ideally in high-performance or low-latency environments.
• Deep technical knowledge of routing and switching.
• Experience working in multi-tenant and hybrid environments (AWS or GCP preferred).

Responsibilities

• Implement and standardise EVPN, BGP, VXLAN, and Spine-Leaf architectures.
• Scale networks to support trading systems 24/7.
• Collaborate with platform teams to optimise network performance.

Skills

Network engineering

Routing and switching

Network automation

Scripting (Python, Ansible)

Education

Cisco certification (ideally CCIE)

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Core Network Specialist – Global Multi-Strategy Trading Firm (Montreal)

A highly selective, globally leading multi-strategy trading firm, renowned for engineering-driven innovation and consistently delivering exceptional performance across major markets. They’ve built a culture where small, elite teams of engineers directly impact trading outcomes, designing systems that are both high-performing and low-latency.

They’re currently expanding their global networking organisation, recently restructured into specialist sub-teams to scale with the firm’s rapid growth. This role sits within the Core Networking Team, responsible for designing, scaling, and evolving the backbone of their multi-tenant network across global offices, data centres, and hybrid cloud environments.

The mission: deliver the next generation of high-performance, fault-tolerant, and fully automated infrastructure underpinning all trading, research, and data operations across the firm. You’ll be deeply involved in strategic network design and global deployments.

Responsibilities:

• Implementing and standardising EVPN, BGP, VXLAN, and Spine-Leaf architectures across multiple regions.
• Scaling high-throughput, low-latency networks to support trading systems operating 24/7 across global markets.
• Collaborating directly with trading platform teams, engineers, and architects to optimise network performance for mission-critical applications.
• Driving network automation and orchestration initiatives, building tools that improve monitoring, provisioning, and operational efficiency.
• Advising on cloud network strategy, integrating private and public cloud environments (AWS/GCP) with enterprise data centres.

Key Requirements:

• 7+ years’ experience in network engineering, ideally within high-performance or low-latency environments.
• Deep technical knowledge of routing and switching.
• Certified in Cisco environments (ideally CCIE).
• Experience working within multi-tenant and hybrid on-prem/private/public cloud environments (AWS or GCP preferred).
• Exposure to network automation and scripting (Python, Ansible, etc.) is beneficial.

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Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Finance, Engineering, and Information Technology

Industries: Financial Services, Information Services, and Engineering Services