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Hudson River Trading · 1 month ago

Senior Network Engineer - Low Latency Trading

New York, NY, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $250K/yr

5+ years exp

Wehrtyou is a premiere algorithmic trading firm operating in global financial markets. They are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design and manage large environments to meet the high-performance and availability requirements of their low-latency trading and data research operations.

Financial Services

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Designing and managing large environments for 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 to enhance the performance and capacity of global trading and research platforms

Qualification

Low-latency trading experienceNetwork protocol knowledgeNetwork device managementEnterprise network designPacket analysis toolsUnix/Linux utilitiesTroubleshooting skillsFiber optics knowledgeConfiguration management toolsPublic cloud networksMicrowave networks familiarityPower consumption knowledgeCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsProblem-solving ability

Required

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

Familiarity with firewalls (including Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet), VPNs and NAT

Preferred

Familiarity with low-latency microwave networks and/or optical transmission systems, such as Adva, Ciena is desirable

Familiarity with configuration management tools, such as Ansible or Salt is desirable

Familiarity with Python, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, GitHub is desirable

Familiarity with public cloud networks, such as AWS, GCP, Azure, is desirable

Benefits

Discretionary performance-based bonuses

Competitive benefits package

Company

Hudson River Trading

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Hudson River Trading opertes as a multi-asset class quantitative trading firm.

Founded in 2002

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com

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