Network Infrastructure Engineer

TransFICC

2d•Remote

About The Position

TransFICC is hiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer to provide high-performance, low-latency connectivity to customers. The company develops an integration service that gives clients a flexible, hosted service without requiring their internal resources to respond to connectivity challenges across trading venues. The engineer will join the SRE team and contribute to TransFICC’s culture of automation. The multidisciplinary team supports the full environment, from desktop and laptop support to data centre server provisioning and vendor network connectivity, and shares responsibility across these areas. The role involves researching, designing, deploying, and supporting new and existing networks, including network hardware, routing and switching, low-latency technologies, telecom circuits, and data centre connectivity. It also involves developing network-as-code features, automation, and observability; deploying configurations and features; supporting the network and wider infrastructure; working with network vendors and circuit providers; and planning data centre work.

Requirements

Basic programming ability in a language of choice, including the ability to build a program.
Experience with a software automation tool such as Ansible.
Experience as a system administrator or network engineer, with a reasonable understanding of both disciplines.
A constructive, open-minded, and self-motivated approach.
Belief in lifelong learning and awareness of the need to keep learning.
Ability to work autonomously and take initiative.
Experience managing third parties by email and phone, negotiating with vendors, purchasing hardware, and enabling remote work.

Nice To Haves

Experience with low-latency network technologies, including TCP/IP, multicast (IGMP, PIM), L2/L3, and WAN.
Experience deploying and supporting routing protocols such as BGP and EVPN.
Experience with Arista or Cumulus Linux.
Understanding of firewall technologies, design, vendors, and automation.
Coding experience with Python and Bash scripting for task automation.
Knowledge of Ansible and Terraform for automating configuration deployment.
Experience administering Linux and working with it on the command line.
Experience writing tests in Robot Framework.
Familiarity with observability and alerting stacks such as Elastic, InfluxDB, Telegraf, and Grafana.
Experience troubleshooting system or network issues using tools such as tcpdump, Wireshark, and strace.

Responsibilities

Research, design, deploy, and support new and existing networks.
Work with network hardware vendors, routing and switching, low-latency technologies, telecom circuits, and data centre connectivity.
Develop network-as-code features, automation, and observability.
Deploy network configurations and features to support the business.
Support the network and wider infrastructure.
Interact with network vendors and circuit providers.
Plan work in data centres.