Network Automation Engineer

City of London Full-Time No home office possible

Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Network Engineer to join our high profile client.

Our client is an established fintech on a mission to disrupt the foreign exchange market, applying innovation to tap FX liquidity. They are a joint venture with a major global exchange, processing 5 billion messages per day with zero downtime.

The environment is relaxed and open, similar to that of Facebook or Google, allowing time to think and make the right decisions. This role is for tech enthusiasts motivated by cutting-edge technology and the potential for significant earnings.

The Infrastructure group is responsible for managing and engineering the company’s global solutions for networks, firewalls, servers, and storage.

The client trades across Equities, Fixed Income, and FX.

On a day-to-day basis, the Network Engineer will:

Support all on-premise data centers and networks.
Ensure the availability, security, automation, and continued operation of the network.
Work with Arista, Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper, and A10 network devices.
Assist in building new high-performing, highly resilient, low-latency networks in multiple regions.
Ensure efficient deployment and standard configuration management through automation.
Troubleshoot issues and handle incident escalations (occasionally out-of-hours) while promoting production change management processes and procedures.

Network Engineers MUST have:

Experience with technologies such as Arista switches, Fortinet firewalls, Cisco routing and switching products, Juniper SRX, A10 Load Balancers, Cisco ASA Firewalls, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and Corvil.
Experience in coding and network automation, using Python, Ansible, and Jinja2.
Advanced network knowledge of BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VRFs, VXLAN, route leaking and filtering, IPsec VPNs, NATs, basic IPv6, and multicast understanding.
Knowledge of REST APIs, Git, SSL certificates, DNS, LDAP, DHCP, and Linux.
Network certificates such as CCNA, CCNP, or Fortinet NSE4/7 could be beneficial.

You will be joining a progressive and exciting company committed to excellence. They offer an excellent working environment with ongoing training and a structured career path. You can also expect an excellent salary and benefits package.

My client is based in London, requiring 3 days a week in the office.