Chicago Trading Company

Senior Network Engineer

US
Description

CTC is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Our fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry’s most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment.

We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.

 

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, operate, and support CTC’s global network infrastructure
  • Collaborate with traders, developers, operations teams, technologists, and management to deliver high-quality network solutions to real-world problems
  • Take a data driven approach to analyzing and solving complex network infrastructure issues
  • Guide projects from beginning to end, including design, procurement, implementation, and documentation
  • Use automation and scripting skills to improve efficiency and manage the network at scale
  • Constantly enhance monitoring and alerting for network and application performance
  • Embrace teamwork. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation with the team for off-hours support. Other duties as assigned or needed.

Qualifications

  • Experience supporting a large-scale global network, both on-prem and in the cloud.
  • Deep understanding of TCP/IP & Ethernet networking including unicast and multicast routing protocols
  • Ability to analyze packet captures to troubleshoot problems
  • Consistent track record working under pressure in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities
  • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • A team oriented and customer service mindset with a strong will to succeed
  • Financial trading industry experience strongly preferred
  • Scripting and automation skills are preferred

Our Benefits

(Disclaimer: does not apply to contract roles) We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally. These benefits include generous medical coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course), wellness reimbursement, quarterly recharge days, and a variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience.  

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered. Where each of us feels we belong. We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us at info@chicagotrading.com. Note that emails sent to this email account for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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