AWS Network Engineer – Systematic Hedge Fund (Market Leading Compensation)
A leading systematic hedge fund is seeking an AWS Network Engineer to join its Cloud Engineering function, responsible for building and evolving the core AWS networking platform underpinning a large-scale global trading environment.
This team plays a critical role in enabling cloud-native development across the business, ensuring applications are deployed onto a secure, scalable, and highly performant AWS foundation. The environment is heavily automation-driven, with strong emphasis on infrastructure-as-code, observability, governance, and engineering best practice.
You’ll join a highly technical, collaborative team operating within a fast-paced trading environment, with significant opportunity to contribute to the evolution of the firm’s global cloud network architecture.
The Role
* Develop, manage, and enhance a complex global AWS network architecture supporting business-critical platforms
* Build and maintain scalable cloud connectivity solutions across a high-performance trading environment
* Utilise Infrastructure-as-Code practices to drive consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency
* Contribute to automated deployment pipelines and change management processes across the AWS estate
* Explore, evaluate, and onboard new AWS networking technologies and services as part of continuous platform improvement
* Improve network governance, monitoring, and observability capabilities across the cloud environment
* Ensure traffic flows and connectivity are observable and operationally effective
* Troubleshoot complex networking issues across AWS and third-party tooling
* Work closely with Security, Infrastructure, and End User teams to support ongoing platform growth and stability
Requirements
* 3+ years’ experience within a cloud engineering or cloud networking role, with strong AWS focus
* Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, and IPv4 subnetting
* Hands‑on experience with core AWS networking services including VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53, PrivateLink, and Direct Connect
* Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation capability using tools such as Terraform and Python
* Proven ability to troubleshoot networking and connectivity issues across complex AWS environments
* Strong communication and collaboration skills within cross‑functional engineering teams
* Cloud WAN, Route53 Profiles, or AWS Lattice
* IPAM tooling such as AWS VPC IPAM or Infoblox
* AWS load balancing technologies including ALB, NLB, GWLB, and API Gateway
* Security tooling including WAF, Shield, and firewalls
* Logging and observability tooling including Flow Logs, CloudWatch, and OpenSearch
* IPv6 networking architectures within AWS environments
Company Highlights
* Technology‑led culture – drives both trading and internal engineering investment
* c.2,000 employees – large enough for scale, small enough for meaningful individual impact
* Brand‑new London HQ – core engineering and trading hub with free on‑site gym
* Flat structure – direct access to senior engineers and C‑level leadership
* Excellent Glassdoor ratings consistently quoting a strong work‑life balance
* Strong Benefits: Free breakfast & lunch, 13% pension, year‑one guaranteed bonus, allowance of work abroad days, private health, and more
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