IS3 Solutions
Low Latency Engineer
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This role is for a Low Latency Engineer with a 12+ year industry experience requirement. Contract length is unspecified, and pay is W2 only. Key skills include electronic trading platforms, FIX protocols, and advanced network engineering. Remote work is available.
π - Country
United States
π± - Currency
$ USD
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π° - Day rate
Unknown
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ποΈ - Date
May 16, 2026
π - Duration
Unknown
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ποΈ - Location
Unknown
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π - Contract
W2 Contractor
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π - Security
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
United States
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π§ - Skills detailed
#VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) #Scripting #Automation #Capacity Management #Documentation #Network Engineering #Python #Monitoring #Security
Role description
W2 Only!! No C2C accepted for this position
Must have Skills: Strong knowledge on Electronic and Algo Trading Platforms, Feed Handlers, Order Routers, Smart Order Routers, FIX protocols
As a Low Latency Network Engineer you'll provide solutions across the company's datacenters and global colocation estate across the world encompassing all aspects related to collocation sites: site access, equipment procurement, logistics, capacity management (power, space, servers, network ports, etc.), performance management, service availability, connectivity, compute and market data delivery.
You will architect, engineer and deploy ultra-low latency network infrastructure including overseeing and carrying-out installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, optimization and documentation of all network hardware, security hardware, software and connectivity. You will also get involved with managing\participating in multiple projects and be responsible for configuring / optimizing the network to ensure ultra-low\low latency is achieved for intraday trading and direct market access systems, providing exchange, broker and managed service providers connectivity to support market data delivery and order execution.
Requirements:
β’ 12+ Years of total industry experience
β’ Strong knowledge on Electronic and Algo Trading Platforms, Feed Handlers, Order Routers, Smart Order Routers, FIX protocols
β’ Exchange binary FIX protocols such as OUCH also ITCH.
β’ Strong Network engineering and project delivery experience
β’ Advanced knowledge of routing and switching protocols
β’ Experience with Unicast: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, NAT, IPSEC and GRE
β’ Experience with Switching: STP, PC/vPC/MLAG, CDP/LLDP, QoS, HSRP/VRRP, VLAN/VxLAN, Spine and Leaf infrastructures.
β’ In-depth experience with Cisco Nexus network switching, routing hardware and software
β’ In-depth experience with Cisco Nexus network switching, routing hardware and software
β’ Knowledge of network monitoring PCAP decoding tools landscape (Corvil, SFlow, timestamping (PTP) preferred but not required)
β’ Knowledge of Algorithmic/DMA/HFT and trading platforms and how the trade lifecycle operates
β’ Solid understanding of market venue, exchange protocols (binary, FIX, ITCH,OUCH, Pillar, etc.) and trading systems across multiple asset classes
β’ Strong scripting and automation experience (Python preferred but not required)
β’ Excellent communication skills; ability to perform under pressure and detail oriented
β’ While certification are interesting, they are not required as we value experience over certification
W2 Only!! No C2C accepted for this position
Must have Skills: Strong knowledge on Electronic and Algo Trading Platforms, Feed Handlers, Order Routers, Smart Order Routers, FIX protocols
As a Low Latency Network Engineer you'll provide solutions across the company's datacenters and global colocation estate across the world encompassing all aspects related to collocation sites: site access, equipment procurement, logistics, capacity management (power, space, servers, network ports, etc.), performance management, service availability, connectivity, compute and market data delivery.
You will architect, engineer and deploy ultra-low latency network infrastructure including overseeing and carrying-out installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, optimization and documentation of all network hardware, security hardware, software and connectivity. You will also get involved with managing\participating in multiple projects and be responsible for configuring / optimizing the network to ensure ultra-low\low latency is achieved for intraday trading and direct market access systems, providing exchange, broker and managed service providers connectivity to support market data delivery and order execution.
Requirements:
β’ 12+ Years of total industry experience
β’ Strong knowledge on Electronic and Algo Trading Platforms, Feed Handlers, Order Routers, Smart Order Routers, FIX protocols
β’ Exchange binary FIX protocols such as OUCH also ITCH.
β’ Strong Network engineering and project delivery experience
β’ Advanced knowledge of routing and switching protocols
β’ Experience with Unicast: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, NAT, IPSEC and GRE
β’ Experience with Switching: STP, PC/vPC/MLAG, CDP/LLDP, QoS, HSRP/VRRP, VLAN/VxLAN, Spine and Leaf infrastructures.
β’ In-depth experience with Cisco Nexus network switching, routing hardware and software
β’ In-depth experience with Cisco Nexus network switching, routing hardware and software
β’ Knowledge of network monitoring PCAP decoding tools landscape (Corvil, SFlow, timestamping (PTP) preferred but not required)
β’ Knowledge of Algorithmic/DMA/HFT and trading platforms and how the trade lifecycle operates
β’ Solid understanding of market venue, exchange protocols (binary, FIX, ITCH,OUCH, Pillar, etc.) and trading systems across multiple asset classes
β’ Strong scripting and automation experience (Python preferred but not required)
β’ Excellent communication skills; ability to perform under pressure and detail oriented
β’ While certification are interesting, they are not required as we value experience over certification
