Senior R&D Infrastructure Engineer

IPC is a fintech company that focuses on the human element. With a global presence, we support local markets with our advanced cloud-based trading communications and managed connectivity solutions.

Through our portfolio of communications and connectivity solutions, we focus on solving business challenges and adapting to regulatory changes in the fast-paced global financial markets. This enables our clients to maintain consistent market access, a strong competitive advantage, and enhanced operational efficiency.

Join a team that is dedicated to delivering groundbreaking products and making a significant impact on our clients' success.

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TITLE: Senior R&D Infrastructure Engineer

DEPARTMENT: Product Development and Infrastructure

REPORTING TO: Director of Product Development and Infrastructure

OFFICE LOCATION: Fairfield, CT

ROLE TYPE: Hybrid, Contract

Overview of the Team:

This role will be part of the R&D Infrastructure team.  It is a small team responsible for managing the IT infrastructure and labs within the IPC R&D organization located in Fairfield, CT.  This infrastructure is depended upon by multiple internal customers located in the US, Paris and India, that includes Software Development, Quality Engineering, ExpertOps, Training, Network Services, Software Deployment Optimization, Product Lifecycle Engineering and technical leadership.  These teams are responsible for producing IPC’s award-winning products that include Connexus Unigy, IQ/Max Touch and Unigy Soft Client.

 

Role Overview:

As a senior Infrastructure engineer, you will be located in Fairfield working with a small team of infrastructure engineers in multiple locations who are responsible for managing the complete IT infrastructure within the IPC R&D org. You will be a hands-on contributor, working collaboratively with your peers or independently on tasks with appropriate self-motivation. You will be tasked with understanding business requirements and objectives and delivering solutions under tight schedules while following established processes.  You will be expected to have strong technical and soft skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills.  To ensure effective communication, you must be comfortable utilizing team communication and collaboration tools and working full time with a minimum of 4 days a week in the Fairfield office, or as needed.

 

How You Will Make an Impact: 

In your senior infrastructure engineer role, you are competent, confident, and timely in support of your internal customers that are dependent upon the IT infrastructure you are responsible for.  You are comfortable and experienced with collaborating with leaders and the team to review and prioritize projects, implement tasks and providing regular communication on progress. You are passionate about technology and staying up to date on the latest trends within the pertinent technology spaces, including Information Technology, Systems and Network Administration, on-prem lab environments, servers/appliances, and cloud technology.

 

Essential Skills and Experience to be Successful in this Role:

• Physical server rack & stack, cabling, configuration, maintenance/admin, firmware/BIOS, iDRAC access.
• Strong experience in Network administration activities -
  • Rack & stack, maintain and troubleshoot network infrastructure such as routers, switches, firewalls, wireless controllers & access points.
  • Configuration of IPs, subnets, gateways, routing, VLANs, licensing.
• Strong knowledge of network and power cabling strategies, distance management, repeaters, POE standards, copper and fiber.
• Experience using Linux to accomplish daily tasks (RedHat Enterprise Linux preferred).
• Basic understanding of security fundamentals to manage security risks of existing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills, including the ability to look for standard as well as non-standard solutions to problems.
• Flexibility in work hours as some work could occur after hours and in support of other teams
• 8+ years of experience in relevant areas.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology, Systems & Network Engineering, or Computer Science is a plus.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Virtualization experience including:
  • Deployment, Clustering, Configuration, Networking, Maintenance, Backup/restore
  • VSAN architecture, implementation, and maintenance
  • Health and performance monit