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Senior Financial Services Network and Security Engineer Specialising in High Frequency/Low Latency Trading and Market Data Networks. Strong adherence to process, compliance and documentation in design. Multilingual technical engineer with a solid understanding of financial services technologies and investment banking (derivatives, equities, rates, FX etc).Expert in cross business, b2b, extranets, WAN and remote network solutions in multiple industries. 14 years Investment Banking and Telecommunications exposure. In-depth knowledge and experience with Cisco, Checkpoint (10+ years including Provider-1), IDS/IPS Technologies etc. Experience in Regulatory Compliance environments and requirements. Focusing on IB Trading, Market Data solutions (multicast, low latency) and inter bank and exchange connectivity. Onboarding projects include: BVMF Bovespa - Megabolsa, PUMA 1.6, 2.0 (Market Data and Trading Infrastructure) and CoLoNYSE - Euronext, LIFFE - via UTP (Market Data, Clearing and Trading Infrastructure) and CoLoNASDAQ - OMX - via Verizon VFN (Market Data and Trading Infrastructure)SWX - Swiss Equities - via SCAP (Market Data and Trading Infrastructure)Deutsche Borse - Eurex and Xetra - via EBS/ETS (Mkdata and Trading Infrastructure) and CoLo.Previous major projects : ECN connectivity rationalisationGlobal Firewall build and configuration standardisationProvider-1 (EMEA region) Deployment including migration of entire firewall management infrastructure and assetsDesign and deployment of IDS/IPS Infrastructures include network and host based sensorsIntegration of Checkpoint/Cisco into Global SimTool InfrastructureCISSP-ISSAP (ISC2)Exchange Traded Derivatives (CISI)CCNP, CCDP (Cisco)JNCIS (Juniper)CCMSE+VSX (Checkpoint)ISSITILFluent English (mother tongue)Fluent ItalianFluent Portuguese

Listed skills include Cisco Technologies, Firewalls, Vpn, Bgp, and 17 others.

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