Network Engineer

The IT Network Engineer is a critical production engineering role responsible for maintaining, automating, and optimizing the network infrastructure in a fast-paced, high-performance trading environment. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical expertise across various networking and automation technologies, demonstrate the ability to prioritize tasks independently, and thrive under pressure in a dynamic setting.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Comprehensive knowledge of the network stack, including design, implementation, and support.
• Linux system administration and debugging.
• Designing and implementing network architectures and systems.
• Developing and maintaining network automation tools.
• Comprehensive knowledge of AWS Networking and infrastructure.
• Collaborating with IT, Production Support, and Development teams to enhance system efficiency.
• Performing network maintenance with a focus on Cisco IOS, NX-OS, IOS-XR, and IOS-XE.
• Researching, architecting, engineering, and supporting network infrastructure solutions.
• Automating the network layer, including integration with REST APIs.
• Liaising with global end users, IT teams in EU, APAC, and the US, as well as third-party vendors and service providers.

Requirements:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of technology architecture and infrastructure, with a focus on networking and automation.
• Strong experience in network automation using REST API.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation tools such as Ruby, Bash, Python, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Jinja2, and Django.
• CCNP/CCIE-level networking knowledge, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, RSTP, VXLAN, MPLS, VRF, MPBGP, DMVPN, and IPSEC.
• Expertise in multicast environments, including IGMP and PIM Sparse/Dense modes.
• Experience with Checkpoint Firewalls and F5 Load Balancers.
• Prior experience in the financial industry or other low-latency environments is a plus.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Fluent in English.

Work Schedule:

• 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• On-call availability on a rotational basis.
• Hybrid model – 3 days from office

All Stratos Support EAD employees must be eligible to work in Bulgaria.

Company Description

Tradu is a new multi-asset global trading platform and is part of the Stratos group of companies. Tradu, built by traders for traders, provides the most sophisticated traders with a serious platform that allows them to move easily between asset classes such as stocks, CFDs and crypto, depending on the regulations that govern the trader’s market.

Equal Opportunity Employer