Senior Network Engineer

Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008.  Verition focuses on global investment strategies including Global Credit, Global Convertible, Volatility & Capital Structure Arbitrage, Event-Driven Investing, Equity Long/Short & Capital Markets Trading, and Global Quantitative Trading.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support a global multi-vendor trading network.
• Lead greenfield buildouts of colocation and proximity datacenters, ensuring resiliency, performance, and compliance.
• Manage multicast market data feeds across global exchanges and provide direct support to algorithmic trading teams.
• Own and enforce perimeter security with Palo Alto NGFW, including VPN tunnels, NAT, and strict policy design.
• Support and optimize PTP/NTP timing infrastructure critical to trading environments.
• Develop automation scripts using Python/Ansible to increase operational efficiency
• Configure and maintain F5 LTM/GTM for IP traffic management and DNS load balancing.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues using tcpdump, Wireshark, and other packet analysis tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align network priorities with trading strategies.
• Maintain detailed network documentation, enhance monitoring, and provide 24x7 on-call support.
• Plan global circuit capacity to ensure scalability and performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in engineering, implementing, and maintaining enterprise or trading networks.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Networking, Cybersecurity, or related IT field.
• Deep expertise in routing and multicast protocols (BGP, OSPF, PIM, IGMP) and associated best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Arista, Cisco Catalyst/Nexus, Palo Alto firewalls, and F5 LTM/GTM.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across LAN, WAN, and multicast environments.
• Experience with colocation datacenter build processes (power, cooling, cross-connects); Equinix exposure preferred.
• Practical knowledge of PTP timing architectures for trading.
• Experience with cloud networking (AWS preferred).
• Proficiency with Linux networking tools (ethtool, tcpdump) and automation (Python, Ansible).
• Familiarity with firewall policy administration, VPN, and NAT.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to work closely with traders and stakeholders.
• Expert-level certifications (CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent) desired.

Salary Range$150,000—$200,000 USD