Network Engineer

IMC is seeking experienced Network Engineers who are passionate about building and operating cutting‑edge, high-performance networks. You’ll work closely with traders, developers, quants, and performance engineers to design, implement, and support the infrastructure that powers our trading business.

• Design, implement, and support the North American networking environment. Core areas include low‑latency networking, unicast and multicast routing, BGP, PIM‑SM, performance tuning, gap analysis, and automation.
• Monitor and analyze network health using existing tools while contributing ideas and development toward next‑generation monitoring solutions.
• Continuously improve the environment by contributing to automation efforts (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, AWX).
• Maintain precise documentation of IMC’s network architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with external vendors, exchanges, and service providers to evaluate technology options, deploy new services, and troubleshoot issues.

• 8+ years of dedicated network engineering experience
• Exceptional troubleshooting capabilities across Ethernet LAN, unicast/multicast routing, switching, packet analysis
• Experience with diverse network switching hardware platforms
• Hands‑on scripting/automation experience (Python, Ansible, etc.) strongly preferred
• CCIE or CCNP certification is a plus
• Experience in trading or financial services highly preferred

This is a hybrid position; we expect an in‑office presence in our Chicago office 3-4 times per week.

$155,000 — $225,000 USD