Sr. Manager of Network Engineering

Harvey Nash; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

401k match

Job summary

Harvey Nash Inc. seeks a Sr. Manager of Network Engineering to lead a high‑performing team responsible for the design, build, and operation of the firm’s low‑latency network infrastructure supporting global financial exchange platforms.

The role blends hands-on technical depth with strategic execution in a fast‑paced, multi‑region environment. The candidate must have 10+ years in network engineering, with leadership experience and a proven ability to translate business needs into reliable,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network engineering, including leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in low-latency network design and optimization.
• Ability to own outcomes end-to-end and guide engineers.
• Experience with global, multi-region networks and trading environments.
• Strong communication for leadership and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing network engineering team across global regions.
• Drive strategic network initiatives from concept through production deployment.
• Own architecture and evolution of low-latency trading network infrastructure.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to raise technical standards.
• Manage a dynamic project portfolio and reprioritize based on business needs.
• Partner with security, cloud, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Establish operational practices, incident response, and post-implementation reviews.
• Support and influence network automation strategy using Python and API tooling.
• Oversee vendor relationships and architecture reviews.

Skills

Low-latency network design

Leadership and mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Incident management and root-cause分析

Python and network automation

Tools

Cisco CCIE (Routing & Switching or Data Center)

Arista certified

Juniper certified

Job description

Job Title: Sr. Manager of Network Engineering

Location: Chicago IL 60605/ New York City, NY -- 4 daysonsite, 1 day remote

Perm/FTE role

Job Summary

Onsite 4x per week in Chicago or NYC

Our challenge is finding folks with direct HFTexperience. THIS IS A MUST HAVE

This role is a technical management position. It involves translating businessand technical requirements, assessing level of effort, removing blockers,supporting incident management and root-cause analysis, and guiding the team

Job Description

• The Sr. Manager ofNetwork Engineering is a senior technical leader responsible for leading ahigh-performing network engineering team that designs, builds, andoperates the low-latency infrastructure supporting global financialexchange platforms. This role sits at the intersection of hands-ontechnical depth and strategic execution, ensuring the network consistentlymeets the performance, reliability, and determinism required for globalmarkets.
• Network directlyunderpins market integrity and fairness, requiring expert-levelunderstanding of low-latency architecture, routing design, and thepractical limitations of network hardware and software platforms. This isnot a generalist leadership role—technical credibility and the ability toguide engineers through complex, research-driven design and implementationwork is essential. The Sr. Manager is expected to operate independently,own outcomes end-to-end, and align engineering efforts to key business andmarket initiatives with a strong “make it happen” mindset.
• The team isresponsible for a broad and evolving network footprint, includinglow-latency trading infrastructure, global WAN/MPLS, hybrid cloudconnectivity, remote office networking, network authentication, packetcapture and timestamping systems, and automation tooling. The Sr. Managerworks closely with Network Operations and Security teams to provideescalation support, drive resolution of complex issues, and ensureseamless collaboration across infrastructure domains.
• Success in thisrole requires the ability to lead in a fast-paced, highly dynamicenvironment with shifting priorities and parallel workstreams. The Sr.Manager serves as a technical authority, mentor, anddecision-maker—setting direction, establishing best practices, and drivingexecution across both strategic projects and day-to-day operations. Strongcommunication skills are critical, including the ability to clearlyarticulate technical risks, trade-offs, and priorities to seniorleadership while maintaining alignment across engineering teams.

Your responsibilities will be:

• Lead, mentor, anddevelop a high-performing network engineering team, fostering technicalexcellence, strong accountability, and disciplined engineering practicesacross a global, multi-region environment
• Drive strategicnetwork initiatives from concept through execution, includingpre-implementation research, design validation, vendor evaluation, andproduction deployment, ensuring high-quality delivery and strong executiondiscipline
• Own thearchitecture and long-term evolution of low-latency trading networkinfrastructure, guiding design decisions around topology, routing,performance optimization, and scalability in environments where latencyand determinism are critical
• Partner closelywith senior technical contributors, including Principal Engineers, to leadcomplex design efforts, validate architectural decisions, and raise theoverall technical bar of the organization
• Manage a dynamicproject portfolio, continuously reprioritizing work based on businessneeds, market events, and operational risk while maintaining alignment tokey strategic initiatives
• Collaborate acrossinfrastructure, security, cloud, and application teams to deliverintegrated solutions, ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performanceconnectivity across all environments
• Establish andenforce strong operational practices, including structured changemanagement, validation procedures, incident response expectations, andpost-implementation review processes
• Support andinfluence network automation strategy, encouraging scalable, maintainableapproaches using Python and API-driven tooling to improve efficiency andreduce operational friction
• Oversee vendorrelationships and hardware/software evaluation efforts, includingparticipation in RFPs, proof-of-concept testing, and critical designreviews, ensuring informed technology decisions
• Serve as a seniorescalation point for complex network issues, leading high-impacttroubleshooting efforts and ensuring timely resolution across engineeringand operations teams
• Contribute tobudgeting and capacity planning for network infrastructure, aligninginvestments with performance requirements and business growth
• Define and maintainengineering standards, architecture documentation, and technicalprocesses, including contributions to regulatory-facing documentationwhere required
• Operate effectivelyin a fast-paced, evolving environment, balancing long-term architecturaldirection with immediate operational priorities and driving a strong “makeit happen” execution mindset

The ideal candidate has

• 10+ years ofprogressive network engineering experience in low-latency,mission-critical environments, with at least 3 years in a leadership ormanagement capacity
• Deep expertise inlow-latency network design and optimization, with a strong understandingof switching behavior, buffering, and techniques required to achievedeterministic performance at scale
• Advanced knowledgeof Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols, including BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VXLAN,multicast (PIM-SM), and resilient traffic engineering across globalnetworks
• Proven ability todesign, scale, and operate complex, highly available networkinfrastructure in environments where performance and reliability arecritical to the business
• Strong track recordof leading and developing engineering teams, including mentoring seniorengineers, driving technical standards, and building a high-performance,accountable culture
• Experience leadinglarge, complex projects from research and design through implementation,with disciplined execution and strong operational rigor
• Hands-on experiencewith network automation using Python and API-driven approaches to improveefficiency, consistency, and scalability
• Solid understandingof network security principles, including segmentation, access control,and secure design practices within enterprise and trading networkenvironments
• Experience managingcompeting priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with theability to align engineering work to business needs and drive executionunder pressure
• Strongcommunication and leadership presence, with the ability to clearlyarticulate technical strategy, risks, and trade-offs to both engineeringteams and senior leadership
• Experience workingwith distributed teams and partnering across infrastructure, security, andapplication organizations
• Familiaritycontributing to architecture standards, technical documentation, and,where applicable, materials supporting regulatory or audit requirements

Preferred certifications:

• Cisco CCIE (Routing& Switching or Data Center) or equivalent expert-level experience
• Arista, Juniper, orother advanced networking certifications (preferred)

A reasonable, good faith The anticipated base paycompensation range for this position is$200,000 to$225,000

Benefits:

Full time employees are eligibleFor Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, and 401k match

* The pay range listed above reflects the expectedstarting salary /Pay rate for this role. This range may be adjusted based onmarket conditions, location, and other relevant factors. The Company willdetermine the final starting salary/Pay rate in consultation with the selectedcandidate(s), in full compliance with applicable laws