Network Engineer
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Senior
Chicago, IL, USA
HybridMust be local to the Metropolitan Chicago area; periodic travel to Chicago and New Jersey data centers is required.
IT OperationsNetwork Engineering & Administration
No H1B Sponsorship
About the job
Requirements
- A minimum of 6 years in a technical networking environment as a network engineer.
- Deep, hands-on experience with complex network designs and principles, including Layer 2 switching and dynamic routing with OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP in complex environments, advanced traffic steering, filtering, and route redistribution.
- Strong network security fundamentals, including firewalling with ASA and Palo Alto, security zones and DMZ design, network access control lists, NAT, and site-to-site IPSec VPN.
- Solid knowledge of multicast with PIM and IGMP and best practices for deploying it, including delivery of real-time market data feeds.
- Extensive knowledge of network operating systems, including IOS, NX-OS, EOS, and PANOS-based network devices.
- Ability to troubleshoot network latency and packet-drop issues using monitoring, diagnostic, and packet analysis tools such as tcpdump and Wireshark.
- Ability to prioritize competing workloads and manage implementation schedules.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and work independently within a team structure.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly and concisely.
- Candidates must be presently authorized to work in the United States and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Responsibilities
- Design, engineer, and implement low-latency network solutions based on business stakeholder requirements.
- Own and manage strategic projects to implement and optimize low-latency, high-performance network solutions at and between data center locations.
- Work with financial exchanges, brokers, and banks to implement network connectivity in shared colocation facilities.
- Carry out high-level analysis and troubleshooting of the network infrastructure.
- Respond to network requests and troubleshoot network failures to diagnose, isolate, and resolve complex problems while minimizing operational disruption.
- Perform network maintenance and system upgrades, including patches and hotfixes to address vendor bugs and vulnerabilities.
- Monitor system resource utilization and historical trends, and perform capacity planning.
- Provide technical knowledge to ensure safe, effective, and efficient changes to the network infrastructure.
- Produce and maintain detailed technical documentation.
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation.
Desired Qualifications
- CCIE certification.
- Knowledge of exchange connectivity in financial trading environments.
- Experience working with financial exchanges, brokers, and banks.
- Experience with network automation and understanding of Python and Ansible.
- Experience planning, implementing, and supporting data center space, power, and structured cabling.
- Experience troubleshooting fiber optic connectivity within and between data center locations.
- Hands-on experience with cloud services such as AWS and GCP.
- Understanding of network time synchronization protocols.
- Experience with databases and big data tools such as MySQL, Splunk, InfluxDB, and Grafana.
- Experience with Linux shell utilities.
About the company
Wolverine Trading is a Chicago-based financial firm with three main activities: proprietary trading (market making and valuation arbitrage), asset management, and execution services for large institutional trades. In proprietary trading, it provides liquidity and seeks price differences across global markets using market making and arbitrage strategies. Wolverine Asset Management runs investment funds for clients to grow assets through diverse strategies, while Wolverine Execution Services handles efficient, best-price execution of client orders. It earns revenue from trading profits, management fees, and execution commissions, differentiating itself through its combination of market expertise and technology to serve institutional investors and hedge funds with integrated solutions; its goal is steady, reliable liquidity and disciplined investment management.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
1994
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- Since 1994, Chicago-based Wolverine specialized in listed options market making.
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Benefits
- Highly competitive salary bonus
- Generous paid time off and flexible scheduling
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits for single coverage
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement Plans: 401K and Roth 401K
- Profit sharing plan
- Long and short-term disability