Low Latency Network Engineer - LCT Infrastructure

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer to join our latency-critical trading Infrastructure team. As part of a global follow-the-sun team of network engineers in North America, EMEA, and APAC, the Network Engineer focuses on architecture, design, development, deployment, and support of Millennium’s high-performance global networks with extreme uptime requirements utilizing cutting-edge network technologies. This role will focus on all aspects of networking including datacenters, market data, co-lo, and proximity colocation sites.

Responsibilities

• Senior engineering role with a focus on low-latency network technologies.
• Balanced mix of project and operations across the low-latency trading environment with Market Data, Trading, and co-lo design.
• Serves as the innovation lead to research and bring new network technologies into the firm, including RF technologies, low-latency transport, routing/switching, and compute technologies.
• Owns and project-manages global network projects from start to finish, including requirement gathering, design, cost, implementation, and deployment.
• Coordinates installation, tests, and troubleshoots our low-latency data network platforms and transmission facilities (dark and lit fiber services, Gigabit Ethernet Services, etc.).
• Configures, installs, maintains, and provides support for critical software and hardware of the network components.
• Researches, prices out, and implements data circuits.
• Designs and implements high-availability, low-latency Market Data networks.
• Deploys, supports, and troubleshoots the network Infrastructure; documents the IT Infrastructure, policies, and procedures; and performs general user support.
• Participates in after-hours work and an on-call rotation.
• Assists with maintaining system applications using traffic and capacity monitoring tools to track errors and keep the network performing optimally.

Requirements

• Expert in low-latency network technologies – Multicast (IGMP, PIM), L2/L3, WAN design, expert in routing (BGP, OSPF).
• Strong experience with PCAP capture and high-accuracy timestamping of capture packets with PTP/PPS.
• Experience working with both lit and dark fiber, and muxing.
• 5+ years of experience in a network engineering, operations, and support function.
• Experience with Arista, Cisco, and L1 switches. Knowledge of FPGA and high-performance computer technology is a plus.
• Proven ability to work hands-on and take on strong technical ownership capability in a global organization.
• Expert knowledge and troubleshooting of IP networking, TCP/IP.
• Experience with Python and bash. Knowledge of scripting to automate tasks.
• Strong Linux shell experience.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability operating in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for providing a high level of service and support to internal customers.

Pay

The estimated base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000, specific to New York and may change in the future. Millennium pays a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package. When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.