Senior Network Engineer

BAM is seeking an innovative, driven self-starter for a Network Engineer position. This technical role requires advanced engineering experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting a highly available global network infrastructure. The hire will work on a wide array of networking technologies and enable BAM to grow and scale into the future. The candidate will embody a mindset of continuous learning and process improvement. A basic understanding of financial markets and trade lifecycles is a plus. 

As a Network Engineer at BAM, you will: 

• Design, implement, and maintain a multi-vendor global trading network 
• Connect BAM’s offices, datacenters, market data providers, trade brokers and public cloud providers. 
• Work with, and help extend, an intent driven network automation framework 
• Have access to the latest AI models and tools 
• Manage the firewall infrastructure and proactively work to improve network security. 
• Work closely with technology and investment teams to understand their requirements and provide solutions that align with business needs 
• Perform network capacity planning to ensure network scales to meet the demands of the business 
• Define and implement standards and best practices 
• Act as an escalation point for troubleshooting network and security issues 
• Participate in a 24/7 on call rotation and out of hours network maintenance 

To be considered a good cultural fit, you must be:  

• An ambitious self-starter, hungry and driven to learn 
• Have a genuine interest in network engineering and network automation 
• Possess a strong desire to solve problems with automation and self-service 
• Able to multitask and excel in a high-pressure, fast-paced trading environment 
• Able to work well under minimal supervision to complete projects and tasks on time 
• Able to think independently to develop quick and sound solutions to complex problems 
• A strong and efficient communicator and collaborator 

To be considered a good technical fit, you must have: 

• Expert knowledge of network protocols, including BGP, OSPF, PIM, and IGMP 
• Solid understanding of spine-leaf topologies and large scale data center network designs 
• Experience working with market data providers and colocation facilities. 
• Experience working with Palo Alto firewalls and network security in general. 
• Good understanding of networking in public cloud environments, particularly AWS and Azure 
• Experience working with network automation and automation tools: Netbox, Ansible, Jinja, Python, Git, Netconf, Restconf, Temporal, Terraform 
• The ability to troubleshoot complex network issues 

Bonus Points for: 

• Experience with modern observability tools and protocols: Prometheus, Grafana, Telegraf, Cisco Telemetry, gNMI, YANG 
• Good understanding of Cisco Meraki solutions 
• Knowledge of enterprise voice including Cisco CUCM, Zoom Phone, WebEx Calling and Cloud9