Cisco Network Engineer CCIE - Trading

Client Server; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quantitative trading firm in London is seeking a Cisco Network Engineer with CCIE qualification to enhance their network infrastructure. Responsibilities include building and scaling the network, optimizing WAN routing, and collaborating with stakeholders. The role offers flexibility to work from home 2-3 days a week and includes a competitive salary of up to £130k plus additional bonuses. Benefits also include a pension plan, private medical care, wellness benefits, and training opportunities.

Benefits

Pension (c12%)

Private medical care

Wellness benefits

Free onsite gym

Training and book budget

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the network ahead of business demands.
• Drive standardisation from automation.
• Work on new data centres and colocations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify requirements.
• Document and automate network design to limit outages.

Skills

Extensive senior level experience as a Network Engineer

CCIE qualification

Experience deploying network infrastructure

Understanding of Cisco and Juniper firewalls

Experience with routing and network protocols (OSPF, BGP, PIM-SM)

Background in finance or large tech company

Low latency experience

Job description

Cisco Network Engineer (CCIE) London / WFH to £130k + bonus

Do you have Cisco expertise? You could be joining a leading quantitative trading firm, progressing your career and earning significant bonuses.

As a Cisco Network Engineer, you will help build and scale the network ahead of business demands, whilst driving more standardisation from automation. A typical day for you might involve working on new data centres and colocations, WAN routing optimisation, collaborating with stakeholders to identify requirements and network features, contributing to support efforts, documenting and automating the network design to limit outages and increase the ability to resolve issues rapidly.

Location / WFH: With fantastic offices based in the city, you will be part of a flat structured and open company that offers a fun work environment and plenty of opportunities to enhance your development through training and conferences. You will also have flexibility to work from home 2‑3 days a week in this position.

Requirements:

• You have extensive senior level experience as a Network Engineer
• You hold a CCIE qualification
• You have experience deploying network infrastructure
• You have a very good understanding of Cisco and ideally Juniper firewalls – engineer to design level
• You have extensive experience with routing and network protocols (OSPF, BGP, PIM‑SM)
• You have a background in finance (front office trading, hedge funds, banking etc.) or have worked for a large tech company
• You have low latency experience

Salary & Benefits

• Pension (c12%)
• Private medical care and access to GP appointments
• Employee Assistance programme
• Emergency childcare provision and childcare vouchers
• Income Protection and Life Assurance
• Wellness benefits such as free onsite gym, Virgin Active membership, weekly yoga classes
• Enhanced maternity / paternity packages
• Training and book budget