Designs, implements, maintains, and optimizes North American networking infrastructure connecting trading operations, data centers, exchanges, and global offices. Responsibilities include network architecture, engineering projects, performance optimization, monitoring, incident resolution, documentation, reporting, and support for UNIX, Windows, SAN, and data center deployments. The role also requires troubleshooting advanced network technologies and mentoring junior network team members.
Polar Operations LLC (dba IMC Markets) has multiple openings for Network Engineer (REQ ID: 4512585101) in Chicago, IL and New York, NY.
Your Core Responsibilities
Partial telecommuting permitted. Multiple positions available Requisition ID: 4512585101.
Your Skills and Experience
This position requires a Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Alternatively, the employer will accept six (6) years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation in lieu of a Bachelor's degree and four (4) years of experience.
Must have at least four (4) years of experience in each of the following:
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Your Core Responsibilities
- Design, implement, maintain, and optimize IMC's North American networking infrastructure, which interconnects IMC's U.S. operations with data centers, financial exchanges, and the company's offices worldwide.
- Collaborate with IMC's global network engineering team to develop and implement design standards.
- Execute large, network-wide engineering projects.
- Design, test, and implement new network infrastructures.
- Improve the performance and availability of existing networks.
- Maintain and develop network monitoring systems.
- Manage and resolve network problems and incidents.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for relevant systems.
- Create, maintain, and monitor network availability and performance reports.
- Provide engineering support for UNIX, Windows, SAN, and data center deployment projects.
Partial telecommuting permitted. Multiple positions available Requisition ID: 4512585101.
Your Skills and Experience
This position requires a Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Alternatively, the employer will accept six (6) years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation in lieu of a Bachelor's degree and four (4) years of experience.
Must have at least four (4) years of experience in each of the following:
- Designing and implementing complex networks using advanced network engineering techniques in a quantitative trading environment including performance tuning, gap analysis, and automation.
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting advanced network issues including TC/IP, Layer 3 protocols, Ethernet LAN, Unicast and Multicast routing, switching, packet analysis, and VPN remote access.
- Knowledge of the installation, configuration, and implementation processes for networking equipment.
- Managing, monitoring, and optimizing high performance networks using multiple, different network-switching hardware platforms.
- Coaching and mentoring new Network team members.
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