Network Engineer - FinTech

Little Rock, Arkansas

Hamilton Barnes
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An elite financial trading and technology firm is expanding its infrastructure presence in Little Rock and looking for a Network Engineer to support and evolve its low-latency, high-availability network infrastructure. This is a second-shift role, ideal for candidates who thrive during evening and overnight hours and are excited to contribute to critical operations during off-peak trading windows.


You'll be joining a small, focused network engineering team with visibility and impact across a global estate. The position offers significant responsibility in network optimisation, monitoring, and hands-on problem solving in a high-performance environment. This is a fast-moving environment where attention to detail, speed, and precision are key.


Key Responsibilities:

- Engineering, monitoring, and supporting complex layer 2 and layer 3 network infrastructure

- Troubleshooting and tuning protocols such as BGP, OSPF, IGMP, and PIM

- Collaborating with internal teams and global offices to ensure uptime and stability

- Working closely with telecom providers to provision, test, and maintain circuits

- Implementing and tuning multicast configurations for optimal traffic performance

- Participating in data center operations, physical connectivity, and cabling plans

- Supporting Layer1 switching platforms, particularly low-latency hardware like Arista 7130

- Contributing to automation and scripting efforts to streamline workflows


Ideal Candidate Profile:

- Strong grasp of core networking concepts at layer 2 and 3, including IP routing and switching

- Deep understanding of TCP/IP internals and comfort troubleshooting across network layers

- Proficient with scripting tools and approaches for automating tasks

- Previous experience working in a data center environment

- Familiar with multicast networking, QoS, and Layer1 switch operations

- Skilled in coordinating with telecoms for circuit deployments and issue resolution

- Understanding of time-sensitive networking, GPS clocking, and precision timing protocols


Salary

$100,000- $150,000

Annual discretionary bonus

Company benefits


Core hours: 6pm to 4am Central Time, Monday through Friday

Participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation

Onsite presence in Little Rock, Arkansas as part of a growing operations and infrastructure team


Date Posted: 06 June 2025
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