You pair deep domain knowledge of trading verticals and high-level execution strategies (e.g., agency execution, market making, hedging, and liquidity-seeking/impact-minimizing routing) with a strong understanding of core market components-including real-time market data (L1/L2, multicast feed-handling, normalization and distribution), venue connectivity, and exchange/order semantics (order types, time-in-force, throttles/limits, and drop-copy/clearing flows). Maintain a thorough understanding of basic and advanced concepts in the fields/products/tools of: Network system architecture (processor, ASIC, FPGA, port capabilities, packet forwarding, buffers, etc.); a good knowledge of network routing protocols: Multicast, PIM & IGMP; IP packet analysis using Wireshark; Arista, Cisco, F5 and Fortinet product range.