Network Engineer

Your role at Exness:

The Network Engineer is a new position being created to manage the safeguarding of the trading infrastructure network in line with business goals and objectives. This is a highly collaborative position whose ultimate goal is to drive experiments and research with a team of professional analysts and programmers to deliver low and ultra-low (ULL) latency solutions for trading. 

As a Network Engineer, you will be maintaining the Exness network across multiple productions and corporate environments

You will:

• Work directly with the Trading and Infrastructure units to drive pricing and trading solutions development and improvement
• Develops and implements the architecture and infrastructure of connections to data sources and exchanges
• Serve as a hands-on technical expert working directly with delivery teams to provide guidance on network  and problem resolution
• Traffic flow analysis and modeling
• Participates in all aspects of technical research, planning, and documentation for assigned projects and issues
• When the design phase is completed and the solution goes to production, ensuring its smooth operations, providing documentation and tools for management and monitoring
• Capacity planning. Detect congestion problems. Guarantee latency predictability. Think in terms of microseconds and nanoseconds.
• Understand data protection and disaster recovery technologies in a multi-site environment
• Create automation for repeating tasks

What makes you a great fit:

Technical / Hard Skills:

• At least 5 years of experience in networks design and operations
•  Industry certification by any network vendor or equivalent to CCNP experience
•  Hands-on experience with network monitoring, including open source products
•  Advanced knowledge in the technologies below:
• TCP/IP stack (including multicast)
•  Hands-on experience in design and operations of L2-3 networks based on Cisco or any other major network manufacturers (Brocade, Huawei, etc.)
•  In-depth understanding of switching and routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP
•  Latency optimized hardware (at least in one of the areas: networks, servers, memory, storage). Like Exegy XERO, Myricom, etc.
•  Time synchronization protocols (NTP, PTP) and high precision time sources
•  Understanding how to build a high precision hardware timestamping system for traffic for trading environments
• Understanding the  Linux network kernel subsystem, its turning  and performance analysis
• Experience with low latency networks and real time network technologies
•  Any scripting languages (Powershell, Bash, Python, etc.) and / or programming basics
•  Understanding of containerization (Docker) and cloud services (AWS)
•  Administration of Linux and Windows systems 
•  English language (Intermediate or higher)
• Solid understanding of the functional and operational practices necessary to operate in a highly available environment to meet business requirements;
• Knowledge of Network Modeling

Soft Skills:

• Detail-oriented and passionate about quality
• Critical thinker and good problem-solving skills
• Team player
• A strong desire to research and study new technologies
• Spoken and written English – intermediate level

Nice to Have:

• Experience with cloud services ( AWS, GoogleCloud)
• Knowledge of  Cloud services operations, container technologies 
• Knowledge of WAN architectures
• Degree in physical, mathematical or computer sciences
• Industry certifications are welcome from any network industry OEMs and Public Cloud Providers
•  A specialist who worked on one of exchanges or at banks or brokers who operate feeds with such exchanges (like MOEX, ICE, etc.)

What we offer along the way:

• Competitive and attractive compensation
• Extensive learning opportunities, such as professional training and certifications, soft skills development, free English courses, and trading workshops
• Flight tickets, hotel or apartment accommodation for your first month in Cyprus, migration support, and legal help for you and your family
• Health and life insurance for employees, spouses, and children, including vaccinations, tests, mental health care, and coverage for vision and dental care
• Generous time off, including 21 days of annual leave and paid sick leave
• Education allowance for your children’s school and kindergarten fees 
• Access to our very own sports club with dedicated coaches, free Sanctum Club memberships for you and your spouse, corporate SUPs, jet skis, etc
• A branded company car with a parking space near the office
• Outstanding team-building experiences and Exness community gatherings

Your journey after applying:

1. First interview with Talent Acquisition Specialist (up to 45 minutes)
2. Technical Interview (up to 90 minutes)
3. Team interview (1 hour)
4. Final interview (1 hour)