Sobre este puesto de Venue Services Network Associate en Pico
Pico fuels the global capital markets community by providing exceptional market data services and customized managed infrastructure solutions. As financial industry experts at the center of markets and technology, we help our clients efficiently scale their business and quickly access markets. From infrastructure to connectivity, we support our clients through the full trading lifecycle. We are a global company headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Purpose of the role
Pico is seeking to hire a new team member to join the venue services team. Venue services is a critical function at Pico, sitting at the center of the commercial and technical responsibilities of supporting 100s of exchanges & trading venues. This role will be responsible for a range of network and automation responsibilities. The venue services team are responsible for owning the technical requirements as it relates to the 100s of exchanges and trading venues on PicoNet, Pico’s global network. This work translates into millions of data points which need to be accurately provided to the network engineering teams, and with the mass of information the role requires excellent automation skills and network related knowledge.
Responsibilities and duties (include but not limited to)
- Own the technical relationship with a wide range of global exchanges and trading venues, building a detailed understanding of how each venue’s services operate at a network, connectivity, protocol, and entitlement level.
- Translation of network connectivity information for global exchanges and trading venues, into the Pico internal standard, which is used to drive automation on the Pico network.
- Work closely with the venue services commercial and licensing team to ensure network configuration and ACLs are aligned to client data entitlements.
- Handle changes driven by exchange or trading venues by assessing impact on Pico supported services and clients and providing technical change requirements to network implementation teams ensuring Pico is always one step ahead of any changes or upgrades
- Work closely with the network automation team to enforce standards and continually fight against manual effort in maintaining Pico data.
- Drive improvements around automation of data collection and data validation to help ensure accuracy and integrity of venue connectivity data.
Education, skills and background (incl. Education and Experience Requirements)
- Degree-level education or equivalent practical experience, with at least 5 years’ experience in a network, exchange connectivity, market data, or capital markets technology role.
- Strong understanding of exchange connectivity, market data delivery models, venue-driven change processes, and the operational controls needed to maintain accurate client access to exchange services
- An excellent communicator both written and verbal.
- A multi-tasker, interfacing with all other departments in Pico, and keeping multiple programs on track at the same time.
- An incredible attention to detail and concern for data content and quality.
- Python, bash, advanced excel.
- Good understanding of the characteristics of TCP vs UDP regarding reliability and statefulness and the role of network infrastructure regarding TCP/UDP
- Understanding of Routing Protocols (BGP) in highly distributed environments, Multicast Routing (IGMP, PIM), NAT (Static, Dynamic).
Desirable: -
- Expertise with network-as-code - Python, Jinja2 Templating, JSON/YAML data structures, CI/CD pipelines, and toolsets such as Git/GitLab/Docker.
- Familiarity with any of these network automation tools; Ansible, Netmiko, Napalm or Nornir
- Experience with virtualized environment configuration capabilities – VM’s, containers Experience with one or more Databases – MySQL, Postgres, InfluxDB, Prometheus Understanding of Linux at a network and system level
- Familiarity with NetBox, NetBox plugin development & Ansible AWX
Working Arrangements
This is a Hybrid position with weekly time in the office with the flexibility of working from home. Though travel may be required from time to time, it is not expected to be regular or frequent.
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Pico is an equal opportunity employer. Pico does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at Pico are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.
