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Senior Network Engineer (Low Latency)
Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid) – Contract position.
Role Overview As a Senior Low Latency Network Engineer, you will architect, engineer, and deploy ultra‑low latency network infrastructure across Simple Solutions’ datacenters and global colocation estate worldwide. You will oversee installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, security hardware, software, and connectivity, ensuring ultra‑low latency for intraday trading and direct market access systems. You will manage and participate in multiple projects, configuring and optimizing the network to achieve low latency for market data delivery and order execution.
Responsibilities
Architect and deploy ultra‑low latency network infrastructure across datacenters and global colocation sites.
Oversee installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, optimization, and documentation of all network and security hardware and software.
Participate in multiple projects, configuring and optimizing the network for intraday trading and direct market access systems.
Ensure ultra‑low latency connectivity for exchange, broker, and managed service provider connectivity to support market data delivery and order execution.
Requirements
20+ years of total industry experience.
Strong knowledge of Electronic and Algo Trading Platforms, Feed Handlers, Order Routers, Smart Order Routers, FIX protocols.
Experience with Exchange binary FIX protocols such as OUCH and ITCH.
Strong Network engineering and project delivery experience.
Advanced knowledge of routing and switching protocols.
Experience with Unicast: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, NAT, IPSEC, and GRE.
Experience with Switching: STP, PC/vPC/MLAG, CDP/LLDP, QoS, HSRP/VRRP, VLAN/VxLAN, Spine and Leaf infrastructures.
In‑depth experience with Cisco Nexus network switching, routing hardware, and software.
Knowledge of network monitoring PCAP decoding tools landscape (Corvil, SFlow, timestamping (PTP) preferred but not required).
Knowledge of Algorithmic/DMA/HFT and trading platforms, and how the trade lifecycle operates.
Solid understanding of market venue, exchange protocols (binary, FIX, ITCH, OUCH, Pillar, etc.) and trading systems across multiple asset classes.
Strong scripting and automation experience (Python preferred but not required).
Excellent communication skills; ability to perform under pressure and detail‑oriented.
While certifications are interesting, they are not required, as we value experience over certification.
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Role Overview As a Senior Low Latency Network Engineer, you will architect, engineer, and deploy ultra‑low latency network infrastructure across Simple Solutions’ datacenters and global colocation estate worldwide. You will oversee installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, security hardware, software, and connectivity, ensuring ultra‑low latency for intraday trading and direct market access systems. You will manage and participate in multiple projects, configuring and optimizing the network to achieve low latency for market data delivery and order execution.
Responsibilities
Architect and deploy ultra‑low latency network infrastructure across datacenters and global colocation sites.
Oversee installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, optimization, and documentation of all network and security hardware and software.
Participate in multiple projects, configuring and optimizing the network for intraday trading and direct market access systems.
Ensure ultra‑low latency connectivity for exchange, broker, and managed service provider connectivity to support market data delivery and order execution.
Requirements
20+ years of total industry experience.
Strong knowledge of Electronic and Algo Trading Platforms, Feed Handlers, Order Routers, Smart Order Routers, FIX protocols.
Experience with Exchange binary FIX protocols such as OUCH and ITCH.
Strong Network engineering and project delivery experience.
Advanced knowledge of routing and switching protocols.
Experience with Unicast: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, NAT, IPSEC, and GRE.
Experience with Switching: STP, PC/vPC/MLAG, CDP/LLDP, QoS, HSRP/VRRP, VLAN/VxLAN, Spine and Leaf infrastructures.
In‑depth experience with Cisco Nexus network switching, routing hardware, and software.
Knowledge of network monitoring PCAP decoding tools landscape (Corvil, SFlow, timestamping (PTP) preferred but not required).
Knowledge of Algorithmic/DMA/HFT and trading platforms, and how the trade lifecycle operates.
Solid understanding of market venue, exchange protocols (binary, FIX, ITCH, OUCH, Pillar, etc.) and trading systems across multiple asset classes.
Strong scripting and automation experience (Python preferred but not required).
Excellent communication skills; ability to perform under pressure and detail‑oriented.
While certifications are interesting, they are not required, as we value experience over certification.
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