Network Specialist

CIX is seeking registration as Canada’s newest innovative Alternative Trading System, created to bring innovation and fairness to Canadian markets. Our technology-driven approach emphasizes speed, reliability, and resilience in a regulated trading environment.

The Role

We are looking for a Network Specialist to design, implement, and maintain the network architecture underpinning CIX’s trading platform. This role focuses on low-latency networking, connectivity to brokers and vendors, and security controls, ensuring seamless market access and compliance.

The Network Specialist will collaborate with system administrators, operations, and external partners to provide a highly available and secure trading environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain firewalls, routers, and switches across colocation facilities and cloud environments.
• Manage secure connectivity for brokers and market participants (FIX sessions, VPNs, dedicated circuits, ACLs).
• Onboard network connectivity to and from third party connectivity providers (cross connects, LAN extensions, extranets).
• Monitor and optimize network performance to maintain low latency and stability.
• Implement and monitor DDoS protection, IDS/IPS, and other network security measures.
• Troubleshoot connectivity issues with brokers, telecom providers, and internal systems.
• Configure, update and maintain access control lists.
• Ensure redundancy and failover capabilities are tested and maintained.
• Provide Tier 2/3 network support during incidents and outages.
• Open to flexible work hours as needed based on extended hours trading.
• Other duties as assigned, supporting CIX technology and operational needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Networking, or related discipline.
• Prior experience as a network engineer, specialist or network administrator.
• Hands-on experience with network design and maintenance, firewalls, routing, switching, and VPN configuration.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, multicast, VLANs, QoS, and network monitoring tools.
• Experience with network security technologies and best practices.
• Ability to work in latency-sensitive or mission-critical environments.
• Experience with designing, building, managing unicast and multicast network traffic for market data distribution
• Cisco network certification
• Experience designing and building low-latency network connectivity working at an ATS, Exchange, vendor or a broker/dealer in an equities capital markets domain

• Proficiency with Linux/Unix systems administration and shell scripting.
• Familiarity with FIX protocol, trading connectivity, or financial exchange environments.
• Experience with scripting/automation (Bash, Python, Ansible).
• Working knowledge or prior experience with UDP Multicast and market data distribution
• Exposure to monitoring and logging systems used in hybrid infrastructure.
• Experience in network and information security best practices

• Be responsible for the backbone of Canada’s newest ATS.
• Gain experience in network management, financial markets and real-time trading systems.
• Collaborate with a lean, high-impact team.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and growth opportunities.

Salary Range: $110,000 - $130,000 CAD. Please note that the salary range is a guideline only. The salary offered may vary based on the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

How to Apply

Send your resume and a short cover letter to [email protected].