Network Administrator (On-Site)

Network Administrator (On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada  - Permanent


Job Description

Our client is a leading trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, they trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. They have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

This is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

This team is looking for a talented Network Administrator to join their Network Services and Operations team. You’ll have the opportunity to work on the fastest network in the world, experiment with the latest technologies and be a pioneer in the networking industry. You’ll be part of a driven and dynamic global team, focusing on managing, improving and monitoring a global cutting-edge network.

As a Network Administrator you will contribute to:

- Design, configure and support global infrastructure including proprietary hardware platforms with a focus on low latency
- Proactively identify enhancements to existing configurations, technologies and procedures to improve performance
- Provide operational support for global wireless and wired high-performance network environments
- Use proprietary and industry standard monitoring and analysis tools to identify, diagnose and solve network related issues throughout our global infrastructure
- Contribute to the documentation of network processes, systems and configurations
- Design and deploy new monitoring and telemetry systems where applicable
- Participate in network change and code reviews
- Interact with software and infrastructure teams to design, maintain and improve our internal tool stack
- Automate repetitive tasks and day to day network processes


Must Have Skills:

- At least 3 years of experience working with large-scale enterprise or low latency networks
- In depth knowledge of WAN, LAN, and datacenter network architectures
- In depth knowledge of switching, routing and multicast protocols
- In depth knowledge of Linux
- Knowledge of a monitoring framework such as PRTG, Zabbix, Cacti, Nagios
- Excellent analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Proven ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
- A high level of energy and a passion for creativity and innovation
- The flexibility to participate in a rotating on-call schedule including weekends
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills and documentation/knowledge management skills


Nice to Have Skills:

- Experience with point to point wireless networks and knowledge of RF principles
- Experience working on low latency or trading networks
- Hands on experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible
- Hands on experience working with containerization (Docker or others)
- Hands on experience with cloud services (AWS)
- Coding experience in Python, Go or similar coding language
- Hands on experience with TICK stack (Telegraf / Influx)


Special Perks:

- Recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers for the past 8 years
- Committed to continuous learning & development
- Industry leading benefits package and perks
- Focused on employee well-being and work-life balance
- Community initiatives, volunteer program and opportunities for giving back
- RRSP, Special in-office perks, stipends, bonuses etc.


Details:

Starting: ASAP







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