LMAX Group is a global financial technology company and the leading independent operator of multiple institutional execution venues for FX and crypto currency trading. The Group’s portfolio includes LMAX Exchange (institutional FX exchange and FCA regulated MTF), LMAX Global (FCA and CySec regulated brokers) and LMAX Digital (GFSC regulated institutional spot crypto currency exchange).
Our mission is to create a level playing field for all participants in the world’s biggest financial markets, through transparent, precise and consistent execution, based on robust trading technology.
We are looking for people who want to help us change the game, not just play it.
LMAX Group fosters inclusive recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity employer as we welcome everyone to our team. We encourage people of colour, women, people from LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities to apply. Please let us know if you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process.
The Network Engineer at LMAX Group plays a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing our 24/7 low-latency trading environment. You will collaborate with Systems, Information Security, and Development teams to ensure that business objectives are met effectively. This position requires not only technical expertise but also excellent communication skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

REQUIREMENTS

• Genuine enthusiasm for Networks and Open Source.
• Operationally focused with a systematic problem-solving approach and a keen sense of ownership and drive.
• Practical approach to managing time and workload to ensure that tasks required are completed in a timely fashion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to operate within a global team.
• A clear understanding for Routing and Switching including protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, DHCP, VRRP.
• Experience supporting multi-vendor routing / switching environments (Arista, Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet)
• An understanding of Firewall operations, configuration and management, primarily Palo Alto and Fortigate.
• Experience working in large Data Centre environments, hands-on with hardware: installation, patching, fibre, UTP
• A good understanding of the Linux operating system, in particular Ubuntu and Redhat.
• Exposer to OSS monitoring systems (e.g. Nagios, Observium, Prometheus)
• Exposer to scripting and automation using tool such as Netbox, Ansible, Puppet, Bash, Python, GIT.

Desirable Skills / Experience:

• Familiarity with Agile and/or DevOps methodologies.

Please refer the Job description for details