Flow Traders is looking for an Network Engineer to join our growing Technology team in Hong Kong. The ideal candidate is curious, innovative and passionate about technology This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capacities. If you aim high, the sky is the limit!
In this dynamic role within a fast-paced environment you are the ‘network thought-leader’, an engineer who is going to help us to build and optimize the IT infrastructure for our business requirements.
What You Will Do
- Safeguard the continuity of our trading systems infrastructure and facilitate our traders in their day-to-day activities
- Monitor and optimise our systems which host a wide range of applications
- Be the driving force behind innovations, ranging from realizing new links between stock markets and our network to implementing solutions that optimise system stability/performance and reliability
- Maintain and improve the existing network/infra/systems which also includes network orchestration and automation tasks
- Manage, maintain and shape infrastructures, develop and enact contingency plans and provide secondary and tertiary support to our teams
- Frequent contact with internal and external stakeholders (traders, data centers/colocations, third party suppliers)
- Proactively lookout for ways to optimise performance
What You Need to Succeed
- Bachelor's Degree or Professional Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or equivalent
- At least 3-5 years of experience in IT (support/optimization/deployments) to cover wide area networks, branch offices, cloud, multicast routing, security devices (firewalls) and wireless networks
- Desired experience with support electronic trading systems within capital markets firm or equivalent industry (APAC regional knowledge)
- Desired experience supporting environments with low latency networks, capture probes and network latency management systems
- Strong knowledge of Cisco technologies (L2/L3 switches and routers, firewalls and wireless) and Arista technologies (L2/L3 switches and routers)
- Understanding the specific IT needs of our organization (low latency, high performance, redundancy and high availability) and excel at resolving issues on the fly
- Experience with Unix/Linux command line and networking stack
- Hands-on scripting experience (Bash/Shell, Python and Salt)
- Network related certification (example CCNP) is a plus
- Knowledge in Cloud platform environments (AWS and GCP)
- Knowledge of Data Center and cabling standards
- Understanding of Project Management methodology and best practices
- Able to produce quality documentation on network design, diagrams and support materials
- Desire to adopt new technologies and ability to contribute as a team player
Good to have:
- Routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, multicast routing [PIM SM/DM/SSM]
- Knowledge on switching concepts: VLAN, Spanning-tree protocol (RSTP, PVSTP+, 802.1q trunking), Port-Channel, VRRP/HSRP, CEF, ARP, TCAM and IGMPv2/3
- Desirable knowledge in time synchronization protocols NTP, PTP (grandmaster, boundary clock, offset) and GPS
- TCP analysis and traffic optimization with concepts as TCP Slow-start, Dup-Acks, Retransmits, SACK, Checksum and Seq Number
- Security (VPN, IPSEC, SSL, Access-Lists)
- Network Monitoring (Zabbix, SNMP, Netflow and Grafana)
- WAN Connectivity (MPLS, Ethernet and DWDM)
- Packet decoding and analysis tools such as tcpdump and wireshark
- Knowledge of Cisco and Arista L1 technologies
- Experience with China co-location setup
Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.
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What We Do
Since 2004, Flow Traders has been a principal trading firm and one of the world’s largest liquidity providers, specialised in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Our headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Milan and Cluj accommodate more than 500 employees. Throughout the years, Flow Traders has received the industry’s recognition, winning numerous awards and has been listed as a company since 2015.
Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation and development. We value creative minds and out-of-the-box thinkers and challenge them to make full use of their capacities. Our demanding, high-paced environment continuously puts us to the test.
Flow Traders fosters a strong team-oriented culture which rewards people for their contributions to the company as a whole rather than only in their direct area of responsibility.
At Flow Traders, we focus on professional and personal development; we encourage our people to be the best at anything they do by offering the right training. On top of that, we have our private gym where our health coaches provide our people with the right personal sports programs. We invest in our hard working people, because they hold the key to our success.
