Job description

Position title Contract - Network Engineer

Reporting to Infrastructure team lead / Operations Manager

Company overview Markit was founded in 2001 as the first independent source of credit derivative pricing
and has recently been announced as the fastest growing private company in the UK.
Today, our data, valuations and trade processing services are regarded as the
market standard in the global financial markets, helping our clients to reduce risk,
improve operational efficiency and meet regulatory requirements.
With over 1,300 institutions using our independent services as clients - including
investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, central banks, regulators, rating
agencies and insurance companies - we provide round-the-clock support from our
offices in London, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Amsterdam, Brussels,
Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.
Department Infrastructure / Operations
Department overview

Position summary Work alongside existing team. Provide Tier 2 technical support and after-hours on-
call support. Work on various network infrastructure projects to improve network
reliability and performance and deliver new features and services. Work with
business, developers and system administrators on planning, setting up new and
expanding existing infrastructure. Troubleshoot network performance and
connectivity issues. Work with vendors to test and evaluate new hardware and
software.
Duties & Candidate should demonstrate deep knowledge of the Cisco LAN switches, routers,
PIX/ASA firewalls and ACE load balancers hardware and software. Deep knowledge
accountabilities of the RIP/EIGRP/OSPF/BGP configuration, operation and troubleshooting is
essential. Candidate should be able to demonstrate his skills in solving network-
related issues with RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP routing protocols, LAN and WAN
connectivity and IPSec VPNs. Solid understanding of the VoIP and QoS
implementation is important.

Candidate should have good oral and written communication skills, including the
ability to interact effectively with executives, operations staff, vendors and peers.
Needs to be fast learning to deal with support issues and moves to new Markit
location. Comfortable dealing with carriers and suppliers.

Plus:

• MPLS
• Wireless

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 • Considerable proven experience of
Business Education and experience
networking and wide area networking
competencies experience in a Cisco environment

• CCNP Certification level or higher

Commercial awareness • Ability to understand business objectives and
focus and prioritize multiple projects
accordingly
Management requirements n/a

Personal Personal • Willingness to take ownership of Production issues as a

competencies impact must
• A proven focus on proactive issue avoidance highly
desirable
Communication • Candidate should have good oral and written
communication skills, including the ability to interact
effectively with executives, operations staff, vendors and
peers.

Teamwork • Must be able to work effectively with other Operations

groups (network, server) in resolving issues
• Needs to be able to project a strong professional work
ethic onto other team members

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