Low Latency Network Engineer

Morgan Stanley ,
London, Greater London
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Company Profile Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm and a market leader in investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. With offices in more than 43 countries, the people of Morgan Stanley are dedicated to providing our clients the finest thinking, products and services to help them achieve even the most challenging goals. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. We embrace integrity, excellence, teamwork and giving back. Role Profile The role will provide architecture and designs for major strategic initiatives within Enterprise Network Services (ENS), the role will specifically focus on specialised electronic trading infrastructure (SETI) related projects whilst providing backup for SETI initiatives in other regions i.e. NA & 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. In addition the candidate will be well versed in Linux, Python, Ansible etc and the tools associated with automation and orchestration within a network environment. This blend of skills will be used to help formulate an automation framework for Engineering leveraging tools already used in-house and other tools as necessary. In addition the candidate will work on projects to deliver use-cases built on the automation framework across diverse domains of the network The candidate would be considered the primary SME for Automation Engineering so should be hands-on and very comfortable with all associated technologies. Skills Required * 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 pipeline practices: 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. Skills Desired * NAT, MPLS, IPSec, A10/F5 load-balancer, Arista, Cisco, Metameko, Exablaze, Corvil, FSM Labs and Spectracom timing products. * Familiarity with merchant/vendor silicon low latency product. * Virtualization, MPLS and security best practices. 40G/100G ethernet and wireless low latency (for e.g. microwave networks). * Knowledge of Ansible and Python programming a plus. * Familiarity with Market data distribution designs, retransmission requests, order entry protocols such as FIX for major exchanges in NA and EMEA(IE BATS, NYSE/ICE, NASDAQ, Deutsche Borse etc). * Tailf/Cisco NSO * Microsoft Office Suite * Knowledge of any AI/ML software or approaches to network analysis would be advantageous. Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents. Given the continued spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), all interviews will be conducted by phone or virtual connection to protect our candidates and employees

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