Network SRE

Berkeley Square IT; City Of London; On-site; GBP 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading algorithmic trading firm in the UK is seeking a Network Developer/Automation Specialist. The ideal candidate will have strong network engineering skills and experience in automating network operations using programming languages such as Python or Go. Additional responsibilities include mitigating network issues and working with trading systems. This role offers an excellent salary package of up to £200k per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in automating network operations.
• Familiarity with VPN and tunnelling protocols.
• Understanding of routing protocols like BGP and OSPF.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate network management workflows.
• Mitigate network risks and issues.
• Work directly with trading and post-trade systems.

Skills

Strong network engineering and architecture skills

Knowledge of switch internals, Ethernet and IP routing

Network automation and management via code

Ability to write code in Python or Go

Comfortable at the Linux command line

Job description

Network Developer / Network Automation Specialist / Network SRE - Python - Salary to £200k per annum!

My client, a leadingalgorithmic trading company is seeking an experienced Network SREwho understands how networks function at a fundamental level, considers how problems can be solved using a broad array of tools and techniques and is not limited to using off-the-shelf or open-source components.

The Role:

You may have been a network engineer, designer and/or architect and moved beyond core switching/routing into automating and monitoring everything possible by means of code. Fundamental computer science knowledge is important but being self-taught is just as valid as a degree.

The role offers the opportunity to learn more about hardware, operating systems, the applications that run on them, Python/Go development, AWS and storage. In addition, you will work directly with teams responsible for developing and running trading and post-trade systems among others. Prior finance knowledge is not required.

Candidates must have the following skills / experience:

• Strong network engineering and architecture skills.
• Knowledge of switch internals, Ethernet and IP routing, including but not limited to:
  • VPN and tunnelling protocols (IPSec, GRE, MPLS).
  • Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF/ISIS, LDP/RSVP-TE).
  • Working with multiple network vendors and network operating systems such as IOS-XE, NX-OS, EOS, Junos.
  • Firewall configuration and debugging.
• Network automation, management and monitoring via code, working with different API transports (CLI-based, RESTCONF, NETCONF, gNMI).
• Ability to write code (not just scripts) in a language such as Python or Go.
• Can identify and mitigate network risks and issues.
• Very comfortable at the Linux command line.