Network Engineer

Flow Traders is looking for a Network Engineer to join its growing Technology team in Hong Kong. The ideal candidate is curious, innovative, and passionate about technology, with a focus on building and optimizing IT infrastructure for business requirements.

Requirements

• 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