Responsibilities
L3 Data Network Operation Consultant
The team has an opportunity for an experienced L3 Data Network Operation engineer. The role will be highly focused on Deployment & Operations, and the successful candidates will also be involved in projects to improve stability of the Network Services.
Responsibilities:
- The candidate will be responsible for supporting global data infrastructure, including Incident, Problem, and Change Management as part of a global “follow the sun” group;
- Apply, examine, support and troubleshoot a global network including routers, switches, Load Balancers and firewalls;
- Using tools and automation to proactively monitor and assure latency compliance and quickly respond to any issues;
- Successfully receive technical escalations and independently provide solutions to resolve high impacting network incidents. Expertly conduct root-cause analysis for major problems and drive the troubleshooting to resolution;
- Communicate with business units during projects and incidents;
- Point of escalations for offshore Level1 and Level2 for incident management;
- Operational acceptance of new deployments and create technical documentation for as built environment;
- Participate in vendor management and governance process;
- Participate in on-call duties in rotation. Week-end work expected; Skills Required:
- The successful candidate will have 7+ year experience in a similar position in an equivalent Financial Services firm; ( candidates without financial services experience can also be considered if they have exceptional technical networking skills especially from service provider/ carrier, or network equipment resellers )
- Hands-on experience with Data Network skills; expert IP routing and LAN switching troubleshooting skills
- An excellent knowledge of data networking principles as well as an excellent knowledge of the specific technologies to manage and support high-speed networks;
- Expert-level ability to decode packet captures and identify network and application issues;
- Hardware: Cisco Switches and Routers, Juniper Switches and Routers, Arista Switches, Nortel/BNT Switches, Adva and Ciena DWDM, F5 BigIP Load Balancers;
- Ethernet technologies: SPT, 812.1Q, VPC, Multilayer Switching; VXLAN ; Leaf-Spine IP Fabric
- WAN technologies: SONET/SDH, MPLS, Classic TDM;
- Protocols: OSPF, BGP, RIP, TCP/IP;
- Multicast routing: PIM, IGMP, MSDP;
- Expert-level ability to decode packet captures and identify network and application issues.
- Low Latency Specific Tools: Corvil Latency Management Platform, Endace Probes, nPulse Hammerhead probes;C Packet
- Certifications: CCIE R&S or equivalent is desirable. Juniper, Arista certifications desirable;
- Financial Market Data, Client and Exchange connectivity is a strong plus;
- Experience with scripting languages, and/or network deployment automation / orchestration tools is a strong plus;
Skills Desired: - Desire to learn and adapt to new technology;
- Ability to prioritize along with good time management skills;
- Excellent interpersonal skills;
- Good problem solving skills;
- Ability to participate as part of a team;
- High level of initiative, proactive approach;
- Ability to work in a team environment;
- Sense of ownership/accountability;
- Flexible and adaptable to meet the team’s needs;
- Honest, hardworking and reliable;
- Ability to use Microsoft applications, Word, Excel and Outlook
- Proficient in UNIX or Linux
