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Senior Network Engineer – Low Latency Trading
| Company | Hudson River Trading |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $150000 – $250000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related IT field
- 5-10 years of relevant experience, preferably in low-latency and high-frequency trading environments.
- In depth understanding of common layer 2 and layer 3 network protocols and best practices; working knowledge of OSPF, BGP, PIM, IGMP
- Experience managing Arista, Cisco, and other common networking devices on a day-to-day basis
- Experience in designing enterprise networks, capacity planning, and full lifecycle project management
- Experience with packet decoding and analysis tools such as tcpdump and Wireshark
- Excellent oral and written communication skills: able to distill complicated issues into clear and concise terms and to create and maintain effective technical documentation
- Experience with Unix/Linux command line utilities and networking stack
- Excellent troubleshooting skills on a wide range of networking issues, including common ethernet LAN problems, multicast market data distribution, and global WAN
- Understanding of basic power consumption and cooling issues in a datacenter environment
- Knowledge of fiber optics technology and cabling standards. Ability to sort through specs and make recommendations on appropriate purchases
- Willingness and ability to solve small technical problems in the field yourself.
- You have excellent collaboration skills and a willingness to admit mistakes.
Responsibilities
- Designing and managing large environments to fulfill high-performance and availability requirements
- Working closely with Systems and Trading Operations teams to build, manage, and monitor the low-latency trading network
- Analyzing and solving problems related to the network infrastructure
- Contributing to both high-level strategy and the technical details of the global network architecture
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with low-latency microwave networks and/or optical transmission systems, such as Adva, Ciena
- Familiarity with firewalls (including Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet), VPNs and NAT
- Familiarity with configuration management tools, such as Ansible or Salt
- Familiarity with Python, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, GitHub
- Familiarity with public cloud networks, such as AWS, GCP, Azure
