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Network Engineer - London
£94,500 - 105,240
High Holborn 326-330, London
£94,500 - 105,240
Requirements
Must:
- I have a strong background in low latency network engineering, including TCP/IP, multicast, traffic shaping, and performance analysis.
- I possess proven experience with packet capture and analysis tools (such as Wireshark, tcpdump, Corvil/PICO) and can build custom decoders, which is highly advantageous.
- I am familiar with SRE tools and practices, including infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, error budgets, and reliability-focused SLIs/SLOs.
- I have strong working knowledge of messaging middleware (Solace, 29West, Tibco, LBM, or equivalent) in performance-sensitive environments.
- I am proficient in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to streamline monitoring, alerting, and recovery workflows.
- I have knowledge of FIX, market data, and order routing protocols in a trading environment.
- I have exposure to observability platforms such as ITRS Geneos, Prometheus, Grafana, or custom telemetry stacks.
- I am comfortable working across Linux systems, hybrid infrastructure, and global production environments.
- I possess excellent communication and reporting skills, with the ability to translate technical data into actionable business insights.
Responsibilities
- I will deliver and support low latency connectivity and monitoring solutions for the Global Markets business, aligned with front-office trading and regulatory needs.
- I will apply SRE principles to improve availability, latency, performance, and capacity planning across trading infrastructure.
- I will collaborate with network and platform engineers to design reliable, self-healing systems and reduce manual intervention through automation.
- I will own and execute the Global Markets connectivity roadmap, from project delivery through to operational handoff and lifecycle management.
- I will partner with business stakeholders and platform owners to ensure infrastructure and observability tooling meets evolving trading requirements.
- I will monitor and manage the capacity and performance of global connectivity systems, working with regional teams to aggregate local intelligence.
- I will develop and maintain automated alerting, health checks, and dashboards, supporting proactive detection of issues and system degradation.
- I will lead lab-based testing and benchmarking initiatives for new connectivity solutions, ensuring readiness for production deployment.
- I will produce operational and performance KPIs, SLO/SLI metrics, and executive summaries to support senior decision-making.
Description
This role is for a Network Engineer in our UK ITS AS (ENET) team, responsible for supporting and managing the infrastructure that underpins our electronic business (Electronic Trading or Pre-Trade). I will work closely with core Infrastructure teams, development, and the business to respond to requests and fault reports, often needing to resolve issues quickly, under pressure, and sometimes outside of normal hours. In addition to routine tasks, I will engage in numerous infrastructure projects that require completion. This is a 6-month hybrid role, requiring 3 days on-site in London, with a rate of £506.
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