Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Contract Role

Role Overview

Network Engineer

You will collaborate closely with operations, security, and application teams to ensure seamless connectivity and resilience for trading, market data, and business-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise-grade network infrastructure across data centres, office sites, and cloud environments.
• Implement and support routing, switching, load balancing, and firewall solutions.
• Monitor network performance, troubleshoot complex connectivity issues, and ensure minimal downtime.
• Work on low-latency network solutions for real-time data and trading environments.
• Manage network capacity planning, upgrades, and security patches.
• Support disaster recovery planning and execution for network services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new applications and platforms into the existing network architecture.
• Maintain detailed documentation of network topology, configurations, and operational procedures.

Key Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of hands-on experience as a Network Engineer in enterprise or financial services environments.
• Strong knowledge of

  Cisco

  and/or

  Juniper

  networking technologies.
• Expertise in

  routing protocols

  (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and

  switching

  (VLANs, STP, EtherChannel).
• Experience with

  firewalls

  (Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Cisco ASA) and network security best practices.
• Proven track record in

  low-latency networking

  and performance optimisation.
• Familiarity with

  load balancers

  (F5, Citrix ADC) and WAN optimisation tools.
• Knowledge of

  network monitoring tools

  (SolarWinds, Nagios, or equivalent).
• Understanding of

  cloud networking

  (AWS, Azure) and hybrid architectures.
• Experience working in highly regulated, mission-critical environments.
• Relevant certifications (CCNP, JNCIP, PCNSE) are highly desirable.

If interested in the role, please email your CV to [HIDDEN TEXT]