Sr Systems Engineer Low Latency Trading

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Sr Systems Engineer Low Latency Tradingfor a contract assignment with one of our Investment Banking services clients in NY, NY.
-Candidate must be on site for the 1st month for training!
-After training, candidate work hybrid schedule- 3 days a week on site
Responsibilities :

• Provide designs for major strategic initiatives within ENS, the role will specifically focus on SETI related projects whilst providing backup for SETI initiatives in other regions i.e. EMEA & Asia.
• SETI programs require an intimate working knowledge of Low Latency network design, precision timing for both FINRA and MifiD II regulatory compliance, exchange connectivity, multicast routing and market data distribution, dynamic routing (OSPF & BGP), QoS, Matrix switching and network instrumentation.
• The role requires Level 4 Engineering support for major operational incidents on a follow the sun basis as well as providing SME guidance for peers.
• The role holder is also expected to provide thought leadership on emerging technologies and architectures.
• There is an increasing demand for Low Latency and exchange connectivity technologies and the workload cannot be redistributed to other team members.
• All other team members have equally critical workloads and cannot easily absorb the additional load.
• This role replaces a key senior engineer who resigned.
• There is also a major program starting with the SETI build out of the DC3 pod .
• SETI clients are based in New York therefore the new hire needs to maintain local skills in the given technology areas as well as maintain the relationship with the SETI project management team located in NY and London.
• The role will also participate in follow the sun coverage / global engineering escalation for ENS related outages.

Required Skills:

• Expert-level Low Latency Trading Network Engineering knowledge
• CCIE and intimate working knowledge of Low Latency network design, precision timing (ntp & ptp), exchange connectivity, multicast routing and market data distribution, dynamic routing (OSPF & BGP), QoS, Matrix switching and network instrumentation- taps, SPAN, netflow, sFlow etc
• Practicioner-level network automation skills using DevOps and CI/CD
• Linux and Open Source
• Python
• Network-as-code Jinja2 Templating, YAML, CI/CD pipeline and toolset such as Git/Gitlab/Jenkins or equivalent
• Ansible
• Model-Driven Telemetry - configuration, collection, data analysis
• Integration skills (API) with existing NMS toolsets (Spectrum, SevOne, Splunk etc) and other supporting systems ServiceNow, Infoblox etc.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Collaborative and innovation focused mindset.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ .
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