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AKUNA CAPITAL

Location:
United Kingdom, London

Category:
IT - Administration

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Job Description:

We are seeking a Network Engineer III to join Akuna’s innovative and growing IT Infrastructure team. The ideal candidate is likely to have a strong background in low-latency IP networking and will play a key role in maintaining and optimizing our global trading infrastructure. This role requires both technical depth and independent decision-making — you will often serve as the sole network resource during core job hours, ensuring the stability and performance of our critical trading systems. Candidates must be self-motivated, demonstrate excellent multitasking skills, and should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, state-of-the-art electronic trading environment.

Job Responsibility:

Collaborate with our Trading, IT Infrastructure, and Development teams to configure and troubleshoot the network infrastructure
Provide day-to-day support of network and application environments, including port configuration and cabling
Provide evening and weekend support and maintenance, and travel to data centers as required
Work closely with other infrastructure engineers to evaluate current and new technology and improve all aspects of our infrastructure
Work together with senior team members to analyze business requirements, and design, implement, and manage an effective (WAN/LAN) network that supports our current domestic and global trading platform
Work with network providers to ensure that the trading infrastructure remains stable, competitive, and cost-effective
Document and focus on automation of all day-to-day operations
The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems

Requirements:

3–5 years of professional experience in IP networking, ideally with exposure to low-latency environments (trading, financial services, or similar)
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Network Design, or a related field
Strong understanding of TCP/IP, OSI stack, and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF)
Some experience working with either Juniper, Arista or Cisco
Understanding of switching, firewalls, STP, VLANs, VPNs, Trunks, ACLs, multicast routing (IGMP, PIM BiDir) and MSDP
Familiarity dealing with multiple vendors
Experience performing network traffic and protocol analysis using standard industry tools (Wireshark, tcpdump)
Working knowledge of Linux/Unix systems
Scripting language (such as Python) experience
Active CCNP certification required

Nice to have:

Desire to achieve CCIE certification is highly encouraged

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Job Posted:
December 05, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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