Global Network Platform Engineer

Bluecrestcapitalmanagement; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueCrest Capital Management is seeking a Platform Engineer focused on Network Services to manage and enhance its global network infrastructure, including data centres, WAN, and cloud connectivity. The role requires hands-on design, operation, and optimization across on-prem, colocation trading floors, and hybrid cloud.

You will implement IaC approaches, support security with next-gen firewalls (Palo Alto), and collaborate across regions (US/EMEA/APAC) with flexible hours for out-of-hours

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a financial institution or fast-paced trading environment.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP fundamentals and networking, CCNP level.
• Strong Cisco data centre networking experience with switches/routers and ACI.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, support, and maintain global networks and related systems.
• Design and build network products for data centres, offices, WAN, and cloud.
• Maintain network security with next-generation firewalls (Palo Alto).
• Develop network code and apply IaC and SRE practices.
• Collaborate on architecture and roadmaps for BlueCrest networks.

Skills

TCP/IP fundamentals

Cisco hardware

Cisco switching

Cisco routing

Cisco ACI

Palo Alto firewalls

Unix operating systems

Azure networking

AWS networking

Tools

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Rest APIs

Job description

BlueCrest Capital Management is seeking a Platform Engineer focused on Network Services to manage and enhance its global network infrastructure, including data centres, WAN, and cloud connectivity. The role requires hands-on design, operation, and optimization across on-prem, colocation trading floors, and hybrid cloud.

You will implement IaC approaches, support security with next-gen firewalls (Palo Alto), and collaborate across regions (US/EMEA/APAC) with flexible hours for out-of-hours