Network Engineer

LMAX Group is a global financial technology company and the leading independent operator of multiple institutional execution venues for FX and crypto currency trading. The Group's portfolio includes LMAX Exchange (institutional FX exchange and FCA regulated MTF), LMAX Global (FCA and CySec regulated brokers) and LMAX Digital (GFSC regulated institutional spot crypto currency exchange).

Our mission is to create a level playing field for all participants in the world's biggest financial markets, through transparent, precise and consistent execution, based on robust trading technology.

We are looking for people who want to help us change the game, not just play it.

LMAX Group fosters inclusive recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity employer as we welcome everyone to our team. We encourage people of colour, women, people from LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities to apply. Please let us know if you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process.

The Network Engineer role provides the opportunity to to join a global dynamic team that maintains a 24/7 low latency trading environment. You will work very closely with the Systems, Information Security and Development teams to ensure business objectives are met. The ideal candidate for this role should possess excellent communication skills, be proactive, and able to work independently, within a team and with external parties.

• Genuine enthusiasm for Networks and Open Source.
• Positive, constructive, and open-minded attitude. Self-motivated, able to work autonomously.
• Operationally focused with a systematic problem-solving approach and a keen sense of ownership and drive.
• A practical approach to managing time and workload to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely fashion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to operate within a global team.
• A clear understanding of Routing and Switching including protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, DHCP, VRRP.
• Experience supporting multi-vendor routing / switching environments (Arista, Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet)
• An understanding of Firewall operations, configuration and management, primarily Palo Alto and Fortigate.
• Experience working in large Data Centre environments, hands-on with hardware: installation, patching, fibre, UTP
• A good understanding of the Linux operating system, in particular Ubuntu and Redhat.
• Exposure to OSS monitoring systems (e.g. Nagios, Observium, Prometheus)
• Exposure to scripting and automation using tool such as Netbox, Ansible, Puppet, Bash, Python, GIT.

Desirable Skills / Experience:

• The ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Experience with Agile, and/or DevOps methodologies
• Cloud networking

• 25 days of holiday 
• Bonus 
• Pension: CPF 
• Private medical and dental coverage 
• Term Life 
• Personal Death and Accident Insurance  
• Wellness contribution program with access to ClassPass 
• Plumm Platform 
• Five volunteering days 
• Give as You Earn initiative 
• Fearning and development programs