Network Design Engineer

This is a hybrid role (three days in the office/two days remote).

About INTERACTIVE BROKERS!

Interactive Brokers Group has been consistently at the forefront of trading innovation, starting with the invention of the first floor-based handheld computer in 1983. We pride ourselves on being primarily a technology company and challenging the status quo. We push boundaries to offer our clients the best trading platform with the most sophisticated features at the lowest cost. Software development is the lifeblood of our firm, and it shows in our stellar brokerage platform. Interactive Brokers is regularly recognized as a leader in the financial services industry.

About Your Team

As a Network Design Engineer, you will be joining a team responsible for our global enterprise's cloud and network infrastructure. We aim to engineer a best-in-class network that offers superior resiliency and low latency to provide our clients with unmatched performance for best-order execution. You will take an active role in the entire technology lifecycle, from design development, implementation, and commissioning, to routine monitoring, operation and trouble resolution. 

We are seeking a highly motivated, roll-up-your-sleeves network technologist who enjoys the challenge of owning the delivery of various concurrent projects of varying scales and scopes. You will also have an on-call schedule with other team members to provide tier-two network and infrastructure support. 

 What will be your responsibilities within IBKR:

• Design and deploy multi-cloud services with a focus on network and reliability
• Troubleshoot/diagnose escalated outages and issues
• Manage the full end-to-end technology life cycle
• Develop and maintain technical diagrams and documentation
• Work with cloud service providers, product vendors and telecom service providers

Which skills are required:

• Must have 10+ years of network engineering experience
• Proven network design and implementation experience
• Experience in networking, developing and maintaining cloud solutions
• Strong knowledge of VoIP, STP, VTP and Virtual LANs and Trunking (VLANs); Network Security (ACLs, IPSec Tunnels), Firewalls (Security Appliances), Netflow, IPSLA, and VPN technologies
• Strong and broad technical knowledge and experience with converged infrastructure, switching / routing in a large and complex network, DHCP, DNS, IP (Schema, subnetting, summarization) IP management tools, network management applications, advanced WAN routing, WAN/LAN/Wireless LAN topologies, MPLS and other WAN technologies, unified Communication, IPT, traffic shaping / QoS, EIGRP/BGP, multimedia/VoIP solutions (SIP), firewalls, and contact center technology.
• Understanding of network security methodologies, architecture, and best practice application
• Experience with the following: AWS Transit gateways, direct connect gateways, VPC, Cisco routers, switches, and security devices; Palo Alto, Check Point security products; Arista networks; F5 application load balancers.
• Experience working in a data center and understanding data center infrastructure
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with network management systems
• Ability to manage tasks/projects assigned to completion
• Strong knowledge of scripting repetitive configuration tasks using Python, Perl, Chef, terraform or Ansible.
• Extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

To be successful in this position, you will have the following:

• Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.

• Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant
• Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match
• Excellent health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid time off and a generous parental leave policy
• Daily company lunch allowance provided, and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snack
• Corporate events including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams
• Education reimbursement and learning opportunities
• Modern offices with multi-monitor setups

Interactive Brokers LLC, a subsidiary of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Ticker: IBKR) is a direct access electronic broker serving professionals, frequent traders, institutional investors, financial advisors and introducing brokers. Our clients have access to more than 150 market centers around the world from a single integrated account. Our employees are part of a dynamic, multi-national, fast-paced, results-oriented team that has spent four decades focused on advanced technology and automation that equips our clients with a uniquely sophisticated platform to manage their investment portfolios. We provide our clients with advantageous execution prices, risk and portfolio management tools, research facilities and investment products, at low or no cost, positioning them to achieve superior returns.

Headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA. IBKR has offices in more than 15 countries across the world.

IBKR is a member of NYSE, FINRA, and SIPC. Interactive Brokers Group brokerage affiliates are regulated by securities and commodities agencies around the world.

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