Our client currently seeks a Director of Infrastructure for a DIRECT-HIRE opportunity in Chicago,Illinois. Strong base + bonus + benefits + paid relocation. Prefer someone with a Finacial Industry background.

Our Client is looking for an individual who can lead a team that is responsible for defining and maintaining the hardware and network infrastructure to support highly scalable, multi-tiered trading applications. This role will be twofold: defining and ensuring that we are following best practices with respect to infrastructure administration, monitoring, and support, along with pro-actively reviewing and enhancing colocation connectivity for best latency scenarios.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Manage hardware and network administration team and network resources.
* Manage colocation performance.
* Manage connectivity to all financial exchanges associated with firm.
* Manage 3rd party applications.
* Manage vendor relationships including selection, contract negotiations and delivery.
* Provide third level administration and support for local and remote offices and data centers.
* Establish and maintain positive business relationships with managers throughout the organization.
* Routinely recommend policies and procedures to help the department and the company become more efficient and effective.
* Research, evaluate and recommend new products, services and equipment to best support current and future operations.
* Oversee professional development of IT Infrastructure team members.
* Ensure department performance meets or exceeds organizational expectations.
* Develop and maintain metrics to measure current and historical network and system performance as well as to forecast future needs.
* Set and implement IT Infrastructure medium and long term plans to ensure that the IT infrastructure meets the growing and changing needs of the company.
* Keeps abreast of the latest technology. Researches new technologies.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
* High level of technical understanding in a Linux/Windows environment.
* Telecom and data center infrastructure experience within a large sized company.
* Experience with leading a network/hardware group.
* Experience with setting up and managing colocation facilities.
* Experience with working with networking providers.
* Significant engineering project management experience.
* Assertive communication, analytical and problem solving skills.
* Confident team player motivated by a fast paced environment.
* Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changes in priority efficiently.
* Ability to balance short and long-term priorities to obtain best results while focusing on a high quality assurance.
* Proven leadership and organizational skills to lead people and to execute activities that meet or exceed performance standards.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
* Bachelor**s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or its equivalent.
* Minimum five years experience in managing infrastructure team.
* Previous experience in financial industry with data service providers, developers, and traders.
* Any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.


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