Senior Network SRE & Automation Engineer (Python)

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

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.