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An Excellent new opportunity has arisen for an experienced, talented & passionate Network Engineer to work in Chicago for one of the World’s leading Global Systematic Hedge Funds.     You will be part of the Infrastructure Engineering team that was built to align infrastructure with development and QR, allowing for direct working access to the trading environment.  Teams will focus on improving the performance of the trading system and providing metrics, so that decisions can be made on data rather than intuition.  As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be expected to perform design, administration and troubleshooting for global network infrastructure in an aggressive, latency sensitive environment.    As well as the specified technical skills, the successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial, self-directed technical expert that can work both independently and with the broader team. The right candidate is focused on asking better questions as opposed to simply providing immediate answers. Additionally, the right candidate must have an out-going disposition and enjoys being on a tight team rather than working in complete independence.     

Skills:

• CCNP certification or better
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Experience working in fast-paced, aggressive companies 
• 5 years’ experience in a design role 
• 3 years’ experience in an administrative role
• Strong knowledge troubleshooting Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3 issues 
• Protocol knowledge: 
• TCP/IP
• OSPF
• BGP
• MSDP
• PIM (SM and DM) 
• Vendor Experience:
• Cisco
• Routing, L3 and L2 switching
• Firewalling (FWSM, PIX and ASA)
• VPN (Site-to-Site IPSec) 
• Experience with provisioning and maintenance of Coarse and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
• Experience troubleshooting with packet analysis tools, such as Wireshark or similar
• Experience setting up and working with co-location providers

Preferred: 

• CCIE certification
• Experience in the financial industry
• Experience in a 24 x 7 global network environment
• Experience designing, administering and troubleshooting multicast networks 
• Experience with Internet-facing architectures (design, security and administration)
• Experience with Linux-based networking (checking host counters, etc)
• Vendor Experience:
• Palo Alto Firewalls
• F5
• APM
• LTM/GTM

Education:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

Benefits

• Above market rate salaries, unmatched bonus structure and un-paralleled career progression.

If you would like to be considered for the position of Senior Network Engineer or wish to discuss it further please leave your details below.  Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our search team