Network Engineer- World-Leading Prop Trading Fund | London, UK

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An international tech recruitment firm is seeking a Network Engineer to enhance their network infrastructure. The role requires over 7 years of experience in network deployment and design, strong skills in routing protocols, and proficiency with Linux. Responsibilities include working on data centers, collaborating with stakeholders, and automating network processes. This position emphasizes teamwork and clear communication in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience operating and deploying network infrastructure.
• 3+ years of experience in ground-up network design.
• Experience with routing and network protocols (OSPF, BGP, PIM-SM).
• Experience troubleshooting transport protocols (TCP/UDP).
• Experience working with Linux and proficient in a programming language.
• Ideally experience with overlay networks (EVPN, VxLAN).
• Eagerness to automate workflow to increase efficiency.
• High capacity to learn and adapt.
• Clear communication skills maintaining high customer service.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Work on cross-team design efforts such as data centers and colocations.
• Interact with stakeholders to identify network requirements and features.
• Contribute to active support and automate network design.

Skills

Operating and deploying network infrastructure

Network design

Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, PIM-SM)

Troubleshooting transport protocols (TCP/UDP)

Linux proficiency

Programming language knowledge

Overlay networks (EVPN, VxLAN)

Automation skills

Clear communication

Team collaboration

Job description

About the Position

My client, a tech-centric prop trading fund, trades a wide range of financial products across the globe. Their numerous distributed systems are built on an agile, reliable, multi-vendor network infrastructure that supports all traffic profiles from trading to internet connectivity.

Looking for a Network Engineer who will help build and maintain the team's highest level of service and scale the network ahead of business demands, while pushing for more standardisation through automation.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills will be needed as you collaborate with colleagues across the firm globally. You will find and resolve issues, plan and execute deployments, and improve systems where possible. Getting the details right and keeping good records will be critical in this role. Striving to improve the team through documentation and contributing to monitoring and automation systems will be a must.

A typical day in the Network Engineering team includes:

• Working on cross-team design efforts such as new data centers and colocations, WAN routing optimisation, and other initiatives
• Interacting with stakeholders to identify requirements and network features/capabilities that are required to enable the business
• Contributing to both active support efforts while also working to document, automate, and simplify the network design to limit outages and increase the team's ability to resolve issues in a timely fashion

About You

• 7+ years of experience operating and deploying network infrastructure
• 3+ years of experience in ground-up network design
• Experience with routing and network protocols (OSPF, BGP, PIM-SM)
• Experience troubleshooting transport protocols (TCP/UDP)
• Experience working with Linux and proficient in a programming language
• Ideally experience with overlay networks (EVPN, VxLAN)
• Eagerness to automate your workflow to increase efficiency
• High capacity to learn; we are more interested in how you think than what you already know
• High capacity for context switching and organising your workload
• Clear communication skills with the ability to maintain a high degree of customer service
• A flexible and reliable team player who enjoys working in a collaborative environment
• Fluency in English required

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If this sounds like you, or you'd like more information, please get in touch:

George Hutchinson-Binks
[e-mail]
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linkedin.com/in/george-hutchinson-binks-a62a69252

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