Senior Network Engineer
WHO WE ARE
Headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade, PEAK6 Capital Management is a proprietary options trading firm that has been defining the industry for more than 25 years. While many firms have come and gone, PEAK6 Capital Management has consistently delivered liquidity to the options market. We thrive due to our firm's special blend of financial acumen, ability to manage risk, and cutting-edge technology.
PEAK6 Capital Management was brought to life through insatiable curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, and the desire to win. We offer incredible opportunities for smart, passionate team players to solve complex problems and take calculated risks. We were among the first firms to develop sophisticated proprietary technology in our trading business. Today, we continue to leverage our technical ingenuity and operational excellence across several investment areas, spanning early-to-mid stage growth capital, operational control, trading, and eSports. Throughout the years, we've built and operated several financial technology firms and we continue to evolve.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will help build, configure, and evolve our highly-available, highly-flexible, high bandwidth, and low latency networks across our global offices and data centers. You will work closely with the rest of our Network Team, and interface closely with our system engineers and software engineers to ensure the distributed systems we run are able to move large amounts of data across our network without skipping a beat. Whether sending bits over connections between a trader's desktop and a server in one of our data centers, servers in the same cabinet, cages in the same co-location space, or from a market data provider.
- Collaborating with the Network Team and other engineers to continue evolving and optimizing our network design and system architecture
- Day-to-day administration of our production trading network infrastructure
- Managing a variety of network devices, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, web proxies, VoIP phone systems, and various network appliances
- Designing and implementing best-practice network solutions to meet business requirements
- Working with a variety of Layer 2 and Layer 3 network protocols and technologies
- Network monitoring and configuration management
- Performing network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose network problems
- Upgrading network hardware and software, as required
- Providing support off-hours and remotely when needed
YOUR EXPERIENCE
- A Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Network Engineering or a related Networking discipline
- Active CCNP R&S or Enterprise certification (or greater)
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in Networking required (5-7 years preferred)
- Experience working with a variety of networking protocols and technologies, such as: BFD, BGP, DWDM, HSRP, LACP/vPC, Multicast routing/PIM (significant experience preferred), OSPF, PBR, RADIUS, SIP, Spanning Tree, TACACS+, VPN (IPSec, and SSL remote access), VRF, VXLAN, Wi-Fi
- Experience with any scripting language (e.g., Bash, Perl, Python) and network automation
- Experience coordinating small and large projects within a mid-to-large engineering organization
- Excellent problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
- Effective communication and time management skills
- The ability to work independently, be self-driven, and learn new technologies quickly
OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At PEAK6 Capital Management, we offer a hybrid work schedule that allows employees to have the flexibility of choosing where they do their best work.
PEAK6 is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.