Network Engineer - Buyside

Vertus Partners; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An investment management firm in London is seeking an engineer passionate about automation to join their Network team. You will be responsible for optimizing network infrastructure, enhancing automation frameworks, and utilizing coding skills to improve efficiency. Extensive experience with network systems, firewalls, and strong Linux proficiency are required. Join a talented team and contribute to exciting projects in a growing datacentre environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in optimizing network infrastructure and automation frameworks.
• In-depth expertise in network systems and firewalls, including Fortigate, Arista, and Cisco.
• Strong proficiency in Linux with a proven background in routing and switching.
• Skilled in scripting with Python.
• Experience in improving monitoring systems and implementing alerts to enhance network stability and availability.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and infrastructure automation technologies like Ansible and Terraform is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Participate in small and large projects to expand the datacentre.
• Work within a talented team to learn or showcase automation skills.
• Utilize coding to help increase efficiency of processes.

Skills

Optimizing network infrastructure

Automation frameworks

Network systems expertise

Firewall knowledge (Fortigate, Arista, Cisco)

Linux proficiency

Routing and switching experience

Python scripting

Monitoring systems improvement

Tools

CI/CD tools

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

My client, an investment manager specialising in systematic trading are expanding their Network team and therefore looking to hire an engineer with a passion for automation to take part in a number of small and large projects as they expand their datacentre.

This is an opportunity to work within a small talented team of like-minded individuals where you'll either learn or showcase your automation skills and utilise coding to help increase efficiency of processes.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in optimizing network infrastructure and automation frameworks
• In-depth expertise in network systems and firewalls, including Fortigate, Arista, and Cisco
• Strong proficiency in Linux with a proven background in routing and switching
• Skilled in scripting with Python
• Experience in improving monitoring systems and implementing alerts to enhance network stability and availability
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and infrastructure automation technologies like Ansible and Terraform is a plus

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