Senior Network Engineer

IG Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading FinTech as a Senior Network Engineer, responsible for enhancing the infrastructure of a fast-growing retail brokerage. You'll design resilient network architectures and ensure compliance with security standards while enjoying a hybrid work model and diverse perks.

Benefits

Flexible Benefits Package

Performance-related bonuses

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Contribution to gym memberships

25 Days holiday

Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Proven experience and strong technical knowledge of Arista and Cisco required.
• Experience with large networks in a trading/financial institution or ISP environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and plan scalable, secure, and resilient network architectures.
• Lead network-related projects and coordinate with other departments.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and industry regulations.

Skills

Networking

Problem Solving

Technical Knowledge

Tools

Arista

Cisco

Infoblox

Job description

Hello, we're IG Group. We are a FTSE250 FinTech who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We're global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We're hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers.

We work in cross-functional teams and are laser-focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

Your team

We are passionate about maintaining the speed, stability, and performance of our back-end systems, which directly impacts the experience of our customer-facing applications. Our architecture is constantly evolving to meet new technical challenges, but always with a focus on practicality, performance, and scalability.

Our engineers have access to a wide range of tools and technologies, allowing them to tackle diverse problems while honing expertise in specific areas. We are looking for self-motivated, engineering-driven professionals who are pragmatic, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and take pride in creating and operating large-scale, highly available, and high-performance systems.

Your role in the Team's Success

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will play a key role in building and enhancing the infrastructure that powers our fast-growing retail brokerage business while also supporting various other business initiatives.

With a lean team and a management philosophy that values autonomy, you’ll have the freedom to shape impactful solutions.

What you'll do

In this role, you'll ensure the reliability and efficiency of the infrastructure by staying ahead of evolving networking technologies, proactively identifying potential issues, and leading multiple tasks and projects. Our goal is to maintain the most stable, performant network possible to deliver the best experience for our customers.

Design and plan scalable, secure, and resilient network architectures

Provide proactive capacity monitoring and health checks of the network infrastructure to an enterprise standard.

Evaluate and recommend new network technologies and solutions, conducting PoC/PoV studies.

Lead network-related projects and coordinate with other departments

Ensure compliance with security policies and industry regulations.

Mentor NetOps engineers and provide technical guidance.

What you'll need for this role

Proven experience and strong technical knowledge of Arista and Cisco are required.

Strong Experience in LAN & WAN software protocols; IP routing protocols OSPF & BGP;

Experience with large networks in a trading/financial institution or ISP environment.

Strong understanding of routing, switching, data centre and security technologies, including firewalls/proxies.

High-level exposure to core DNS concepts and configuration – Infoblox experience is key.

Experience of working with and managing major CDN providers

How we work

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office -- which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes

Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs

Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success; it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here .

The Perks

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

As well as having the chance to attend regular social events and join special-interest groups, you get an attractive selection of benefits working with IG:

Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%)

Performance-related bonuses

Private medical cover for you and your family

Life insurance

Contribution to gym memberships

25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total

The option to buy or sell holiday days.

Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform

Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund

Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents

So, if you’re keen to connect with our values, and lead the charge on innovation, you know what to do.

Looking for a career at a company that will support you, challenge you and help you grow? IG Group can provide that.

We're the market leader in financial derivatives trading, with a focus on innovation and advanced IT development. We're also one of Britain's Top Employers, a ten-year trend we intend to continue.