Network Engineer & IT Support Internship
2015-10-13 11:03:44
2015-11-12 00:00:00
- London, London Central
- £NMW
- Closed
What does the company do?
This company provides market data, trading access, liquidity venue connectivity and pre-trade risk management for Market Makers, Investment Banks, Hedge Funds and Proprietary Trading Houses globally. By facilitating low latency, resilient and secure trading, the company enhances operational efficiencies for the world's electronic trading communities.
A typical day would be:
The role will be split into 3 parts;
- 50% of your role will be spent improving your skills through self-study, virtual labs and using hardware such as Cisco, Arista, Fortinet and F5.
- 25% of your time will be working on the service desk to help improve your communication skills and understand the company's customer base.
- The last 25% will be spent on mini-projects, collaborating with the best engineers in the company!
- This is a fantastic learning opportunity!
The ideal candidate's personality and qualifications:
Confident and keen to learn, this role suits someone who questions and is willing to test out theories. You need be motivated to improve yourself and are fully committed to developing a career Network supportdesign field.
Basic requirements are :-
- Degree in Engineering or Computer Science 2:1 minimum
- CCNA completed or studying towards
- Interest in Networks/IT
- Experience of writing scripts in Python (University project in other languages are accepted too!)
What are the perks of interning at this company?
Exposure to the financial markets, an area which is difficult to get into unless you have previous experience. You will learn how networks are connected, how market data that the company provides is used by Tier 1 banks and smaller hedge funds.
This is a demanding role; giving you the opportunity to learn an area of IT that is core to all organisations.
Questions for applicants to think about:
- How much of your personal time are you going to give up ensuring your success in this field? (i.e. the Head of IT gave up all of their weekends for the best part of 2 years to ensure thei success).
- How do you go about keeping yourself up-to-date with the fast evolving world of technology?
- What do you consider your role to be in a team and how does this contribute to the team's success?