Network Engineer

About Marex

Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 3,000 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

For more information visit https://www.marex.com/

Department description

Marex has unique access across markets with significant share globally both on and off exchange. The depth of knowledge amongst its teams and divisions provides its customers with clear advantage, and its technology-led service provides access to all major exchanges, order-flow management via screen, voice and DMA, plus award-winning data, insights, and analytics.

Within the Technology area, the Network Team is responsible for the overall IT network of the company. The Network Team is central to the success of the organisation and works with the global IT teams in Asia, Europe and North America to monitor and maintain the network systems to ensure maximum uptime and service delivery to the business.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a dynamic and shifting network landscape, working across a multitude of technologies and vendors to achieve success. There is ample opportunity to participate in design and architecture discussions with the wider Network team and to learn from likeminded peers in a fast paced and interesting business landscape.

Vacancy Number: VN3064

Role Summary

The Network team is responsible for the overall design, implementation, operation and maintenance of the Global network infrastructure. To provide support for the wider technology group and to ensure technical requirements are delivered as per mandated by the Network and Technology group. A thorough understanding of global network operations, and security best practices aligned with financial compliance and regulations, is important to the overall success of the team and business.

We are seeking a strong network engineer with a passion for automation and scripting to enhance and streamline our operations and engineering practices. The ideal candidate will leverage one or more scripting languages, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to automate our configurations, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Role specific:

• Project network consultancy for different line of business for new technical network requirements.
• Maintenance of the Marex Network.
• Operational support for all network related issues.
• Design/Implementation of new network requirements/changes.
• Network security design and implementation.
• Procuring equipment and managing of vendors.
• Reporting network status to key stakeholders.
• Ability to work flexible hours and to work on a weekend when required. (overtime compensation).
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting
  
• The Company may require you to carry out other duties time to time.

All staff:

• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA, NFA, AMF, AFM, MAS.
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all times complying with the FCA’s Code of Conduct
• To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility
• To report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required
• To escalate risk events immediately
• To provide input to risk management processes, as required.

Competencies, Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience of working in the banking/finance industry is highly desirable.
• Qualifications: #CCNP, JNCIP, JNCIS, PCNSE or equivalent certification is desirable.
• Network WAN Technologies:
  MPLS, IPSEC VPN, SD-WAN, QOS, NAT, SASE
• Routing and Switching protocols:
  BGP/OSPF/EIGRP.
  Wifi, STP, RSTP, VLAN, HSRP, VRRP, VRF, MLAG, Etherchannel, Multicast PIM Sparse and dense mode.
• Security:
  NextGen Layer 7 firewalling, User-ID, SSL decryption, Network Access Control,
  Radius/TACACS.
• Cloud networking:
  Strong working knowledge of AWS and Azure cloud networking is required
  AWS – VPC’s, Transit Gateways, Direct Connects, VPN Gateways.
  Azure – Vnet, VPN GWs, Express route.

• Automation:
  Python (Netmiko,NAPALM), Ansible playbook design and deploy. Terraform IaC Process automation.
• Vendors:
  Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Aruba (wifi/Clearpass).
• Hardware:
  PA220,440,3200 series firewalls, Panorama.
  Cisco 9200/9300/4500.
  Cisco Nexus 9k.
  Juniper MX series routers.
  Arista 7k series.
  Aruba Access points and Clearpass NAC.
• Troubleshooting:
  IP network packet troubleshooting and analysis.
  LAN network device troubleshooting.
  WAN network device troubleshooting.
  Firewall security troubleshooting.
• Design and Architecture:
  WAN/Campus LAN network design and implementation.
  Firewall DMZ design and implementation.
  Understanding of different exchange connectivity (e.g. CME, SGX, ICE, Eurex, LME).
  DMA (Direct Market Access) and low-latency network design/experience is desirable

Competencies:

• Project management skills from inception to delivery
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges,
• ensuring operational effectiveness
• Provide input to risk management processes, as required.
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.
• Forward thinking
• Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Motivational Skills
• Results-Oriented
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Conduct Rules, You must:

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill, care and diligence
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Observe proper standard of market conduct
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

Be collaborative - by working together across the organisation, we foster teamwork, can better respond to challenges and successfully deliver for our clients

Act with integrity - we pride ourselves on our honesty and high ethical standards. We apply these values when working with all our clients, colleagues and other stakeholders

Be adaptable and entrepreneurial - we embrace change as markets evolve to constantly increase our efficiency and create innovative solutions for our clients. We are interested in the world around us and inquisitive about understanding the challenges and opportunities our clients face.

Be respectful – how we treat each other, and our clients says everything about who we are. We always act respectfully and treat people fairly in everything we do.

Nurture talent – we aim to grow our own talent and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking and talented people choose to build their career. This means giving and taking stretch opportunities, taking risks, and committing to career development and support – for ourselves, and our teams.

Marex is fully committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.  We welcome applications from candidates returning to the workforce.  Also, Marex is committed to avoiding circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

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