Role overview
Night-shift network engineer supporting the design, implementation, and maintenance of a low-latency trading infrastructure during overnight hours (12 AM - 9 AM ET, Monday through Friday). The role focuses on a highly available exchange network environment, customer connectivity operations, and continuous improvement of infrastructure performance.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support the low-latency exchange network environment
- Configure enterprise and production network devices using Ansible and Python as required
- Respond to network alerts and error logs, including incident remediation and root cause analysis
- Perform new customer connection turn-ups and handle tickets such as IP prefix changes and connectivity troubleshooting
- Conduct new product analysis and validation
- Coordinate with security and business teams on secure end-user solutions
- Work with data center and circuit providers to advance the exchange infrastructure toward more cost-efficient and performant options
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with low-latency, highly available distributed systems and their network architectures
- Understanding of layer 2 and layer 3 protocols including IGMP, MLAG, ARP, BGP, NAT, and PIM
- Understanding of IP multicast routing such as PIM-SM and PIM-Bidir
- Experience with network operating systems including EOS, IOS, and PanOS
- Understanding of timing protocols including NTP and PTP
- Knowledge of optical fiber types and transceivers
- Scripting experience in Python and Ansible
- Ability to analyze packet captures using Wireshark or tcpdump
- Experience with firewall design and configuration
Nice to have
- Mac and Linux familiarity
Benefits and work setup
- Remote work from home
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance including basic, voluntary, and AD&D
- Unlimited paid time off
- Generous paid family leave
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Training and development resources
- Wellness resources
- Pay range: $130,000 to $160,000
Network Engineer (12 AM - 9 AM) in Location not specified at Unknown Company
This position is listed as full time and able to be worked remotely.