IT Network Engineer (CCIE/ E-trading) - London / Hybrid working - Up to £668 per day (inside IR35)
Posted 5 days ago by Hawksworth
£668 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The IT Network Engineer role at Hawksworth involves working for a global Investment Banking client in London, focusing on enhancing latency electronic trading networking. The position requires expertise in maintaining stable network environments and collaborating with developers to ensure successful implementation of a new architecture. The role is initially for 6 months and is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver and maintain stable network environments.
- Collaborate with developers and application support to understand application interactions with infrastructure.
- Optimize functionality, performance, and security of London and Trading networks.
- Implement designs into production environments under Change Control.
- Capture requirements from the business and work with technical teams to identify solutions.
Key Skills:
- CCIE qualification preferred or equivalent expertise.
- Expertise in Multicast and experience in latency-sensitive network environments.
- Knowledge of Arista architectures and operating systems.
- Experience with core routing protocols, OSPF and BGP.
- Low level log & packet analysis experience.
- Knowledge of scripting and network automation desirable.
Salary (Rate): £668 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Hawksworth are now recruiting an IT Network Engineer for a global Investment Banking client in London. Term – 6 months initially Location: London / Liverpool St location Rate: Inside IR35 – Up to £668 per day The client has received significant investment towards the latency electronic trading networking, allowing them to refresh the hardware and redesign of the architecture. As the successful Network Engineer, you will have a proven record of delivering and maintaining stable network environments. You will need excellent communication skills and have an excellent understanding of a trading infrastructure. You will be dealing directly with developers and application support to determine and understand how their applications interact with the infrastructure to help ensure successful implementation and migration to the new architecture. You will be part of a small team that is agile and multi-skilled and will ensure the London and Trading networks operate in a stable manner, using your expertise to optimize the functionality, performance and security, making improvements when needed.
Required skills & Experience: CCIE qualification preferred (candidates without CCIE who can demonstrate equivalent expertise will be considered) Expert in Multicast. Experience of working in highly available latency sensitive network environment utilizing multiple network (switching & routing) and security (firewall, Web Gateway & LTM) technologies Experience in capturing requirements from the business and working with multiple technical teams to identify solutions that balance business, security, availability and resiliency requirements. Experience with market brokers & direct market connectivity. Implementing of designs into the production environment under Change Control. A sound knowledge of Arista architectures and operating systems with hands on design and configuration experience. Confident knowledge and exposure of core routing protocols, OSPF and BGP, and IP transmission modes, Unicast and Mulitcast. Low level log & packet analysis experience is a must. Knowledge of scripting and network automation desirable. If you have the required skills & experience, please apply now. Thank you.