AWS Network Engineer

Stanford Black Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free breakfast & lunch

13% pension

Year-one guaranteed bonus

Work abroad days allowance

Private health

Job summary

Stanford Black Limited, a leading systematic hedge fund in Greater London, is looking for an AWS Network Engineer to enhance their cloud networking platform. The role involves developing scalable AWS network architectures, automation using Infrastructure-as-Code, troubleshooting complex networking issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position offers a technology-led culture, with excellent benefits including free meals, a strong pension plan, a guaranteed bonus, and a new London HQ with on-site gym facilities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience within a cloud engineering or cloud networking role.
• Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, and DHCP.
• Hands-on experience with core AWS networking services.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance a complex global AWS network architecture.
• Build and maintain scalable cloud connectivity solutions.
• Contribute to automated deployment pipelines.

Skills

AWS networking services

TCP/IP

BGP

Infrastructure-as-Code

Terraform

Python

troubleshooting

Cloud WAN

Tools

AWS VPC

Transit Gateway

Route53

Direct Connect

Flow Logs

CloudWatch

Infoblox

Job description

AWS Network Engineer – Systematic Hedge Fund (Market Leading Compensation)

A leading systematic hedge fund is seeking an AWS Network Engineer to join its Cloud Engineering function, responsible for building and evolving the core AWS networking platform underpinning a large-scale global trading environment.

This team plays a critical role in enabling cloud-native development across the business, ensuring applications are deployed onto a secure, scalable, and highly performant AWS foundation. The environment is heavily automation-driven, with strong emphasis on infrastructure-as-code, observability, governance, and engineering best practice.

You’ll join a highly technical, collaborative team operating within a fast-paced trading environment, with significant opportunity to contribute to the evolution of the firm’s global cloud network architecture.

The Role

• Develop, manage, and enhance a complex global AWS network architecture supporting business-critical platforms
• Build and maintain scalable cloud connectivity solutions across a high-performance trading environment
• Utilise Infrastructure-as-Code practices to drive consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Contribute to automated deployment pipelines and change management processes across the AWS estate
• Explore, evaluate, and onboard new AWS networking technologies and services as part of continuous platform improvement
• Improve network governance, monitoring, and observability capabilities across the cloud environment
• Ensure traffic flows and connectivity are observable and operationally effective
• Troubleshoot complex networking issues across AWS and third-party tooling
• Work closely with Security, Infrastructure, and End User teams to support ongoing platform growth and stability

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience within a cloud engineering or cloud networking role, with strong AWS focus
• Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, and IPv4 subnetting
• Hands‑on experience with core AWS networking services including VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53, PrivateLink, and Direct Connect
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation capability using tools such as Terraform and Python
• Proven ability to troubleshoot networking and connectivity issues across complex AWS environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills within cross‑functional engineering teams
• Cloud WAN, Route53 Profiles, or AWS Lattice
• IPAM tooling such as AWS VPC IPAM or Infoblox
• AWS load balancing technologies including ALB, NLB, GWLB, and API Gateway
• Security tooling including WAF, Shield, and firewalls
• Logging and observability tooling including Flow Logs, CloudWatch, and OpenSearch
• IPv6 networking architectures within AWS environments

Company Highlights

• Technology‑led culture – drives both trading and internal engineering investment
• c.2,000 employees – large enough for scale, small enough for meaningful individual impact
• Brand‑new London HQ – core engineering and trading hub with free on‑site gym
• Flat structure – direct access to senior engineers and C‑level leadership
• Excellent Glassdoor ratings consistently quoting a strong work‑life balance
• Strong Benefits: Free breakfast & lunch, 13% pension, year‑one guaranteed bonus, allowance of work abroad days, private health, and more