A leading Financial Services provider is seeking a Lead Network Engineer with strong experience designing and engineering low latency / trading networks to join their team on a permanent basis.
This position will be working on a large, multi-year network transformation program, building a new trading network and consolidating / migrating their existing network.
The successful candidate will be responsible for contributing towards the business case and design of the new network, and as the program ramps up they will be managing of a team of Network Engineers. A key aspect of the role will be the design, build and delivery of the new network, working closely with internal stakeholders and vendors to ensure key milestones in the design and delivery are achieved.
To be successful in this role you will need:
1. Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications CCIE)
2. Strong network engineering and design experience gained within large, enterprise environments
3. Proven experience engineering and designing solutions for low latency networks
4. Previous experience leading and managing a team of technical resources
5. Advanced skills configuring and troubleshooting Cisco / Arista switches, firewalls (Palo Alto), load balancers (F5), data centre environments (multi-tenant, spine leaf etc) and carrier networks
6. Excellent understanding of routing protocols and layer 3 technologies such as BGP, MPLS, VXLAN etc
7. Superior verbal and written communication skills
8. Exceptional stakeholder engagement and vendor management skills
In return our client is offering:
9. An attractive salary package with annual discretionary bonus
10. Hybrid work from home / office
11. Multi-year program of work
To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online today!