Network Engineer

The role

The Network Engineer will design, build, and own research, corporate, and production trading networks. This role involves maintaining low-latency multicast networks and scaling research/HPC networks.

What you will do

• Own networks across Research/HPC, Corporate/Office, and Production Trading domains
• Design, build, and maintain low-latency, multicast-heavy production trading networks
• Build and scale the Research/HPC network for GPU grid and high-performance storage clusters
• Maintain and extend corporate and office networks including new office buildouts
• Extend network footprint into new regions with repeatable designs
• Own network monitoring and packet capture
• Move network configuration and change management toward infrastructure-as-code
• Support basic datacenter operations including rack and stack and cross-connect troubleshooting

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional networking experience, with meaningful time in finance
• FinTech or HFT networking experience with a track record of building and maintaining complex financial and multicast networks
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP
• Hands-on experience with PIM-SM, BGP, and VXLAN/EVPN
• Experience with Layer 1 switching
• Experience with network capture and monitoring tooling
• Experience with Arista EOS and Palo Alto or comparable firewall platforms
• Knowledge of different networking merchant silicon types and their tradeoffs
• Basic Linux systems administration
• Familiarity with basic IaC concepts and tools (git, Terraform, Ansible)

Nice to have

• Postgraduate study with a focus in networking
• CCNP/CCIE caliber depth
• Certification

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents
• Competitive 401k plan
• Employer-paid life & disability insurance
• Wellness programs
• Casual dress
• Snacks, lunch, game room, team and company events
• Open environment to maximize learning and knowledge sharing
• Generous PTO
• Paid holidays
• Competitive paid caregiver leaves

About the company

Aquatic is a quantitative investment manager in its early stage of growth. The firm applies scientific research and technological innovation to global financial markets.