" \u003cdiv class=\"ja-job-details\"\u003e \u003ch2 class=\"title\"\u003eInfrastructure Engineer\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"meta\"\u003e \u003cul class=\"classifications\"\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22655\"\u003e IT \u0026amp; Telecomms \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22656\"\u003e Network Engineer \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22657\"\u003e Sydney \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli data-id=\"22658\"\u003e Permanent / Full Time \u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e \u003cp class=\"date-posted\"\u003e 5/11/2026 \u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cul class=\"bullet-points\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eWork with the world\u0026#39;s best engineers, with flat structures and no politics\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOwn low-latency infrastructure end to end, with an unlimited hardware budget\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTop cash comp with no diluted equity, plus full relocation to Sydney\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e Network / Infrastructure Engineers - Prop Trading Firms - Sydney\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e I\u0027m working with several prop trading firms in Sydney that are hiring experienced network and infrastructure engineers to design, build and run the low-latency infrastructure their trading depends on.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e These are hands-on roles. You\u0027ll own the network and infrastructure across co-location sites, exchange connectivity and each firm\u0027s internal environment. That covers switching and routing, multicast market data, cross-connects and circuits, servers and hardware, and the monitoring and automation that keep everything running. Latency is measured in nanoseconds and downtime has a direct cost, so the engineering standard is high.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e You\u0027ll work directly with traders, software engineers and SREs to design infrastructure that makes the trading faster and more reliable, and to troubleshoot problems in production when they happen.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e Why these firms:\u003cbr\u003e Some of the best engineers on the planet work at these firms. The hierarchies are flat and everyone is technical, from the top down. There are no layers of management to hide behind and no politics. If you\u0027re good, it\u0027s visible straight away.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e You\u0027ll own your infrastructure end to end.\u003cbr\u003e There are no external customers, no vendor-managed black boxes and no change board slowing everything down. The only customer is the trading business.\u003cbr\u003e Technology budgets are effectively unlimited, so if the right switches, NICs, timing gear or tooling make the system faster or more reliable, you get it.\u003cbr\u003e Compensation is market-leading, paid as base salary plus bonus, all in cash.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e There\u0027s no diluted equity, no paper options and no waiting years for a liquidity event that may never come.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e Relocation:\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e Full relocation and visa sponsorship are available for the right candidates. The firms are particularly interested in hearing from Australian expats looking to come home, and from anyone with a genuine reason to settle in Sydney.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e What they\u0027re looking for:\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e Several years of hands-on network or infrastructure engineering in production environments. Strong networking fundamentals, including routing, switching, multicast, VLANs and Ethernet at a deep level. Strong Linux skills, including network configuration and performance tuning. Scripting and automation in Python or similar. Experience with low-latency networking, such as Arista or similar switching, co-location, exchange connectivity, PTP/time synchronisation or packet capture, is a strong advantage.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e Above all, they want engineers who are rigorous and detail-oriented, take genuine ownership of infrastructure and respond with urgency when it matters.\u003cbr\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e These roles won\u0027t suit engineers whose experience is mainly cloud networking or enterprise IT, consultants, contractors or anyone with a run of short tenures.\u003cbr\u003e They suit people who have built and run real physical networks where latency and uptime had direct consequences. \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"apply\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"back-link\" href=\"#\" title=\"Back to search results\"\u003eBack to search results\u003c/a\u003e \u003cinput type=\"button\" class=\"ja-button\" data-job-id=\"4484138\" value=\"Apply Now\" title=\"Apply Now\" /\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e "