Full-Time

Network Engineer

Posted on 7/19/2023

Jump Trading

Jump Trading

1,001-5,000 employees

Proprietary trading firm focused on algorithmic & high-frequency trading

Data & Analytics
Quantitative Finance
Financial Services

Mid, Senior

London, UK + 2 more

Required Skills
TCP/IP
Python
Communications
MySQL
Git
Computer Networking
Postgres
Ansible
Splunk
Linux/Unix
Requirements
  • Experience supporting a large-scale global network environment
  • Advance knowledge and troubleshooting of IP networking, TCP/ IP
  • Advance knowledge of Switching, Routing (BGP, OSPF) and Multicast (IGMP, PIM)
  • Experience working with one or more of the following hardware platforms (Cisco, Mellanox, Arista)
  • Experience with scripting languages (Python preferred) and expertise with GIT and REST or JSON
  • Experience working with automation tools (ie, Ansible)
  • Experience with databases and big data tools (i.e. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Splunk, InfluxDB, Grafana)
  • Experience with monitoring tools (i.e. Icinga, Splunk, Kapacitor)
  • Strong Linux Shell (all utilities) experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven ability operating in a fast paced environment
  • Collaborative approach to complex problem solving, with a positive can-do attitude
  • Reliable and predictable availability
  • At least 5+ years of networking experience
  • At least 1+ year of scripting experience
  • CCIE certification or equivalent experience
  • Bachelor's Degree (preferably in Information Technology)
  • Previous experience demonstrating strategic thinking skills and maturity in tackling complex problems, dealing with people, technology and processes
Responsibilities
  • Design, configure and support our global network infrastructure, collaborating across multiple teams to optimize for proprietary low latency trading applications
  • Support and troubleshoot a hybrid wireless and wired high performance network environment
  • Take an automated, data driven approach to diagnosing and solving complex network infrastructure issues such as micro-bursting, jitter and queuing
  • Leverage automation skills and take a “dev ops” approach to improve efficiency of network management, deployment and maintenance of propriety trading applications
  • Own and project manage global network initiatives from requirements gathering, design review, implementation, deployment and documentation
  • Other duties as assigned or needed

Jump Trading's mission is to leverage its petaflops of computing power and petabytes of data to carefully analyze and identify trends in the global markets across all asset classes.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$300M

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1999

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

29%

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance

Paid vacation plus paid holidays

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid parental leave

Wellness Programs

INACTIVE