Job Description

Job: IT Network Automation Engineer

London, UK

Hybrid working – 3 days on-site

Full Time – both perm and contract available (sponsorship possible)

Overview

Our client, a major global financial institution, is seeking an IT Network Automation Engineer to join the UK Networks team responsible for the corporate network in the UK and the global electronic trading network.

Following years of ad-hoc growth, our client has received significant investment in its latency-sensitive electronic trading network, enabling a project to refresh hardware and redesign the architecture to be more efficient and scalable.

This project has ambitious timelines and requires focused effort.

We are looking for an experienced Network Automation Engineer with a proven track record of delivering and maintaining a stable network environment. The candidate must communicate clearly, have a strong understanding of trading infrastructure, and be comfortable working directly with developers and application support teams to ensure successful implementation and migration to the new architecture.

You will be part of a small, agile, multi-skilled team ensuring the London and Trading networks operate stably, optimizing functionality, performance, and security, and making improvements as needed.

Skills & Experience

• CCIE qualification (or equivalent expertise)
• Experience with Ansible and network automation
• Experience working in highly available, latency-sensitive network environments with multiple switching, routing, and security technologies
• Ability to gather requirements from business and technical teams to identify solutions balancing security, availability, and resiliency
• Experience with market brokers and direct market connectivity
• Implementing designs into production under Change Control
• Knowledge of Arista architectures and OS, with hands-on design and configuration experience
• Understanding of core routing protocols (OSPF, BGP) and IP transmission modes (Unicast, Multicast)
• Low-level log and packet analysis experience
• Ability to multitask effectively

Key Responsibilities

• Implement network-as-code for new infrastructure deployment and upskill team members on automation
• Collaborate with global support teams to ensure efficient communication between corporate and trading networks
• Produce and review high-level and low-level design documentation
• Handover new implementations to Operations, conducting knowledge transfer sessions
• Act as a senior escalation point for incidents, requests, and changes
• Work with strategic partners on software release planning and business case input
• Coordinate with market vendors on connectivity standards, implementation, and testing
• Monitor network capacity and performance
• Manage remote site work and remote hands
• Operate with autonomy within a global support structure
• Stay abreast of technological innovations in market connectivity and trading platforms

Who We Are

Quanteam Group is a consulting firm specializing in the Capital Markets industry, with offices in Paris, London, Krakow, Brussels, New York, and North Africa.

Since 2007, our 800 consultants have supported major clients—including investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, brokers, and insurance companies—in projects spanning financial engineering, quantitative research, regulatory compliance, IT transformation, and innovation.

Our services include:

• Business consulting: Quantitative research, risk management, regulatory compliance, pricing, organizational transformation
• IT & systems consulting: Business analysis, project management, change management, front-office support, software development, IT transformation & innovation

As part of Quanteam Group, Quanteam UK & PL employs over 80 consultants serving major capital markets institutions in London and Krakow.