Senior Systems Engineer - Network Engineering

Overview

Senior Systems Engineer in Network Engineering at FactSet, acting as a consultative network resource for clients, vendors and internal leaders and delivering Real Time network projects.

What you'll do

• Act as a strong consultative resource for FactSet's clients, vendors and internal leaders.
• Engage in major Real Time project delivery and contribute regularly to improve the stability and performance of the network.
• Project manage business and network team initiatives.
• Configure Cisco / Arista routers and switches, F5 load balancers and cloud networking services to integrate with clients, vendors and FactSet's internal networks.
• Build solid, long-lived interpersonal relationships with FactSet's clients and internal stakeholders.
• Serve as an escalation point for network down emergencies and layer 1-7 network troubleshooting.
• Research, design and implement new connections to market data providers and other 3rd parties.
• Streamline existing and new processes using templates, automation and workflow systems.
• Lead and mentor Junior Network Engineers to help them achieve their career and project goals.
• Participate in shift rotation for Saturday and Sunday on-call coverage.

What you'll need

• BS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent.
• Relevant experience of 5-8 years.
• Solid experience with WAN/LAN technologies, TCP/IP and routing protocols, with a deep understanding of reference network architectures.
• Significant hands-on network OS experience.
• Ability to be self-sufficient and to grasp new technologies easily.
• Maintain knowledge of present and emerging technologies.
• Thorough understanding of routing protocols, TCP/IP, multicast (PIM, IGMP, MSDP, GRE, MP-BGP), DNS, LAN switching and Wireshark.
• Sound understanding and expertise on multicast and Real Time.
• Experience with BGP and EIGRP routing protocols.
• Understanding of router and switch architectures.
• Good understanding of protocols like HTTP / HTTPS / DNS / DHCP / SNMP / SMTP etc.
• Broader understanding of cloud computing technologies like AWS and Azure.
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot and isolate technical issues in a timely manner.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to be a cohesive member of a group.
• Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders and service providers, both internal and external.
• Ability to manage many projects simultaneously and prioritize effectively.
• Familiarity with common network automation tools.
• Python, Perl or other scripting language.
• Ansible, Salt or other automation tools.
• REST APIs.
• YAML, JSON and other data models.
• Past success designing or maintaining a network via automation.
• Competence in at least one scripting language and experience with standard automation tools.

Nice to have

• Solid track record of interaction with ISPs.
• Familiarity with automation tools.
• Multicast experience.
• Strong analytical, project management and troubleshooting skills.
• Competence in some of the following technologies: LAN switching, optical networking, load balancers, SAN, wireless networks, network operating systems (IOS, IOS-XE, JunOS, EOS, F5/tmsh), NSX, Infoblox, Linux.
• Solid and intuitive understanding of WAN and LAN technologies and how each device, protocol or system interacts as part of the network as a whole.
• Understanding of the modern datacenter stack and how today's application compute and storage drive network requirements.
• Experience with Exchange data and other contributed data.
• Experience with network packet broker technologies (Corvil, Gigamon).
• Understanding of public cloud, private cloud and hybrid network architectures.
• Experience designing networks, not only implementing and supporting.
• Competency in programming languages and/or scripting.
• Financial industry experience and/or a background in a large enterprise network.
• Experience building, leading or mentoring a team.
• Experience with Unix, Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Multiple Cisco / other vendor professional certifications.
• CCIE or equivalent certification in any stream.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India (DVS, SEZ-1 – Orion B4; FL 7, 8, 9, 11 – Hyderabad - Divyasree 3).
• Shift rotation for Saturday and Sunday on-call coverage.