Kershner Trading Group

Senior Network Engineer

Kershner Trading Group, LLC is a proprietary trading company based in Austin, Texas. "KTG" provides unique opportunities to talented, energetic people, rooted in the philosophy that everyone can do more than they realize, if they try. KTG empowers independent thinkers who have the discipline to set long-term goals, the adaptability to "shift gears" but still stay on course, and are open to being both a student and teacher in a learning organization.

Kershner offers the chance to join a high-performance team comprised of new and experienced traders trading more every day and adapting to new market opportunities, talented technology professionals developing leading edge trading and market analytics systems, quantitative/ business analysts providing tools and insights to fuel business growth and top-notch support staff keeping it all humming in an environment where every day brings new challenges yet maintains the cool, casual "Austin" atmosphere.

What are you capable of?? KTG is currently seeking candidates for the following position who are excited at the prospect of pushing their own professional limits. Think you can do more??

Summary:

This position is for a Senior Network Engineer, responsible for support and maintenance of the company's network infrastructure spanning multiple datacenters. The position carries a high level of responsibility and some latitude for design and implementation.

Responsibilities:

Manage a Cisco network across multiple datacenters & WAN connectivity to Market Centers.
Identify areas of network inefficiency and make recommendations for improvement.
Engineer, develop, and implement various Enterprise Level Solutions.
Install, support and configure Cisco routers and switches in a Production trading environment.
Proactively monitor, evaluate, and solve network performance issues.
Evaluate new network technology. Assist with the planning and design of future network architecture.
Develop and maintain documentation related to network architecture, processes and support.
70%: Maintaining and Implementing Network Infrastructure, 30% Projects
Implement and troubleshoot all aspects of a Cisco network infrastructure
Manage and configure 6500, 7200, 4500, 4000, 3500, 2600, and 1800 class routers.
Monitor and fine tune performance at all network levels.
Work closely with server support teams to deploy and support proprietary applications.
Manage and configure Cisco 6509 FWSM, Cisco ASA and PIX firewalls
Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot a Nortel PBX system.
Assist dedicated trading floor support staff with production issues as it relates to network infrastructure and WAN connectivity.
Work closely with network administrator on projects and tasks, and provide next tier support for troubleshooting issues.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated ability to logically troubleshoot errors and determine their source.
Ability to repair problems or to quickly manage their resolution in a time critical environment.
Must have a high level of technical knowledge and the ability to handle multiple detail-oriented strategic projects simultaneously in an organized manner.
Experience operating high availability systems.
In depth knowledge of the Cisco security risks and stability maintenance issues.
Familiarity with diagnostic and alerting tools such as Solarwinds and Protocol Analyzers
Capacity to document presentable server/network configurations using Visio.
Excellent knowledge of VPN's, PIM RP, IGMP, VLAN Design, EIGRP and RIPv2.
Nortel PBX experience a plus

Highly Preferred:

Experience with a low latency, high availability infrastructure.
Experience with Market Data vendors - NYSE, NASDAQ, ARCA, INET, etc.
Strong Multicast design and support, including igmp, pim routing, RP resiliency.
Enterprise level design experience
Strong experience with 6500 series, FWSM and SVIs

Attributes we seek:

We need a proactive, self starter that can demonstrate a logical troubleshooting methodology and responds well to a high stress run-time environment.

Education and experience:

Bachelor's Degree a plus
CCNP required

Applicants please email cover letter, resume, references and salary history to: ITjobs@kershnertrading.com
Please note the position for which you are applying in the subject line.
No phone calls please.
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