IMCNetwork Engineer
IMC is hiring a Network Engineer in Mumbai, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on IMC.
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- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Python, Bash and Palo Alto Firewalls.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 167 other open roles at IMC.
- The role was posted within the past two weeks.
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Design, implement, and maintain high-performance low-latency network infrastructure and security platforms for trading.
Join our forward-thinking team as a Network Engineer, where you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting high-performance, low-latency network infrastructure.
At IMC, the Trading Infrastructure team is responsible for the WAN, LANs, and all low-latency connectivity to trading venues. You will work closely with Systems Engineers, internal teams, and external partners to deliver best-in-class solutions that support our trading business and help evolve our infrastructure to meet the demands of a dynamic industry.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and support the networking infrastructure. Key areas include Low-latency networking, Unicast and Multicast routing, OSPF, BGP, PIM SM, as well as things like QoS, STP, NAT, protocol tuning, etc.
- Monitor, guard and analyze the proper functioning of our network infrastructure. Take adaptive, retentive and corrective measures and perform structural maintenance.
- Proactively improve our infrastructure by contributing scripts and code to our automation efforts (e.g. Bash, Python).
- Accurately create and maintain documentation detailing the implemented network components, as well as relevant procedures and other documentation.
- Responsibility for our IT security related platforms. Key areas include Palo Alto firewalls, VPNs, Security policies, etc.
- Work flexible hours. We are proud of the uptime of the trading environment, so every now and then you will be working outside of regular business hours to apply critical changes. This could be from your desk, your couch at home or also inside of one of our datacenters abroad.
- Liaise with external vendors, exchanges and providers to explore new technology solutions, implement new services or troubleshoot problems.
Your Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience as a Network Engineer, with a passion for all aspects of networking
- Proven ability to design, implement, and support high-performance networks
- Strong appetite for accuracy and willingness to go beyond standard textbook networking concepts
- Collaborative mindset with experience working closely across cross-functional teams
- Ability to motivate and encourage peers while maintaining a high technical standard
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
About Us
IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.
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