# Network Engineer

**Company**: Morgan Stanley
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced full-time Network Engineer based in Hong Kong to join our Electronic Trading Network Engineering team.

In this role, you will primarily be responsible for designing high-performance, low-latency network solutions for projects within the APAC region, whilst also supporting initiatives in other regions i.e. AMER & EMEA.

As a member of our global network engineering team, you will contribute to both strategic and project design work, helping shape and advance Morgan Stanley's cutting-edge global trading network.

The role demands adaptability and a readiness to engage with emerging technologies in the low-latency networking sector.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Design high-performance, low-latency network solutions

- Support global network projects from initial requirements gathering to final hand-over to deployment teams

- Collaborate with external vendors and internal engineering teams to advance Morgan Stanley's low-latency trading network

- Provide high-quality technical documentation

- Work effectively with colleagues across various technology departments and project teams to deliver business-aligned solutions

- Proactively update stakeholders and department management with project developments, escalating issues as necessary

- Operate autonomously with minimal supervision

**Requirements:**

- 7+ years of experience working in a similar role within financial services

- CCNP level minimum, CCIE/CCDE level preferred

- Proven track-record of delivering business-aligned low-latency network designs

- Ability to act as a technical lead in a global organisation

**Technical Skills:**

- Expert knowledge of IP networking and TCP/IP

- In-depth knowledge of WAN, LAN, and data centre architectures

- Competent in all aspects of Routing & Switching including expert level knowledge of protocols such as spanning-tree, BGP and OSPF

- Familiarity with multicast protocols such as IGMP and PIM

- Experience with bi-directional NAT

- Knowledge of Tap Aggregation, time-stamping and lossless network monitoring

- Experience with Arista & Cisco low-latency switches

- Demonstratable experience working with exchange co-locations in the APAC region

**Non-Technical Skills:**

- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills

- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

- Passion for delivering high-quality solutions with a high level of customer satisfaction

- The ability to explain complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience

- Effective collaborator who excels in a team environment and values knowledge sharing

## Skills

### Required
- IP networking
- TCP/IP
- WAN
- LAN
- data centre architectures
- Routing & Switching
- spanning-tree
- BGP
- OSPF
- multicast protocols
- IGMP
- PIM
- bi-directional NAT
- Tap Aggregation
- time-stamping
- lossless network monitoring
- Arista & Cisco low-latency switches

### Nice to have
- CCIE
- CCDE
- Python
- shell scripting
- network automation tools
- Ansible
- Forward Networks
- Git
- Precision Timing
- Meinberg & Spectracom timing products
- GNSS satellite sources
- White Rabbit time-synchronisation

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