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We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our Chicago office. The network engineering team plays a vital role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure that drives our low-latency, high-performance trading systems. Our team is passionate about sharing knowledge and collaborating with traders, developers, quants, and performance engineers to solve complex problems that allow IMC to maintain a competitive edge in the financial markets.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and support the North American networking infrastructure. Key areas of expertise include Low-latency networking, Unicast and Multicast routing, BGP, PIM-SM, as well as more advanced topics like performance tuning, gap analysis, and automation
- Monitor and analyze the proper functioning of our network infrastructure using currently available tools, and contribute ideas for new tools
- Proactively improve our infrastructure by contributing code to our automation efforts (e.g. Bash, Python, Ansible, AWX)
- Accurately create and maintain documentation detailing the IMC network, including relevant procedures
- Help support our IT security related platforms. Key areas include Palo Alto firewalls and client VPN, site-to-site VPNs, authentication systems, etc.
- Communicate with external vendors, exchanges and providers to explore new technology solutions, implement new services or troubleshoot problems
Your Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of network engineering focused experience
- Excellent troubleshooting skills on wide variety of networking issues, including common Ethernet LAN problems, unicast and multicast routing, switching, packet analysis, and VPN remote access
- Experience with multiple different network switching hardware platforms
- Direct hands-on coding or scripting and automation with Python, Ansible, etc., is a plus
- CCIE or CCNP certification is a plus
- Experience within the trading or financial industry is highly preferred
About Us
IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we've been a stabilizing force in the financial markets - providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.
IMC Trading Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
IMC is located across three floors of the iconic Willis Tower in the Loop area of Chicago. Our office is convenient to travel to with various train and bus stops nearby, and in addition, we're surrounded by multiple exciting dining, retail, and entertainment options.
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