About the Role
Point72's Technology team is evolving the firm's IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, using open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and AI to drive smarter decision-making and enhance platform operations. The team supports professional development, encourages innovative ideas, and delivers business impact for a multi-billion-dollar global business.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale resilient, low-latency enterprise network infrastructure across LAN, WAN, WLAN, and data center networks.
- Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot routing and switching platforms.
- Operate and maintain Palo Alto Networks firewalls, managing security policies, VPNs, and software upgrades.
- Administer and troubleshoot enterprise load balancers to ensure application availability.
- Design, deploy, and support enterprise wireless infrastructure.
- Respond to network incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive timely resolution in a production, high-availability environment.
- Implement and maintain network automation and tooling using scripting languages and vendor APIs.
- Monitor network performance and capacity, proactively identify trends, and remediate issues.
- Participate in network upgrades, migrations, and change management activities.
- Contribute to a 24x7 support model including on-call rotations.
- Collaborate with security, systems, and application teams.
- Maintain accurate network documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering.
- 3+ years of experience in enterprise network support or engineering roles.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco platforms, including IOS and NX-OS.
- Experience with routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP.
- Experience with Arista EOS.
- Experience supporting firewalls, including Palo Alto Networks configuration of security policies and VPNs.
- Experience administering F5 BIG-IP load balancers, including LTM and GTM.
- Strong understanding of wireless networking, including 802.11 standards, RF fundamentals, access points, controllers, and authentication services.
- Experience with network automation and scripting using Python, Ansible, and REST APIs.
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and network security principles.
- Experience supporting production, high-availability enterprise environments.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Effective cross-team collaboration.
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards.
Skills
- Cisco IOS
- Cisco NX-OS
- BGP
- OSPF
- EIGRP
- Arista EOS
- Palo Alto Networks firewall configuration
- VPNs
- F5 BIG-IP LTM
- F5 BIG-IP GTM
- 802.11 standards
- RF fundamentals
- Wireless access points
- Wireless controllers
- Wireless authentication services
- Python scripting
- Ansible
- REST APIs
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- DHCP
- NAT
- Network security principles
Experience Level
- 3+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000-$150,000 (USD)
Benefits
- Fully-paid health care benefits
- Generous parental and family leave policies
- Volunteer opportunities
- Support for employee-led affinity groups
- Mental and physical wellness programs
- Tuition assistance
- 401(k) savings program with an employer match
About the Company
- Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen.
- Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies.
- We aim to attract and retain the industry's brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people's long-term growth.
- For more information, visit https://point72.com/.
