Company Introduction:
We’re home to Asia's most dynamic and vibrant capital markets.
Connecting capital, ideas, inspiration and innovation for deeper, more diverse and liquid global capital markets; providing greater choice and opportunity for our customers, each and every day.
HKEX is a purpose-driven company. Our commitment to the long-term development of our business and our markets is articulated in our purpose: "To Connect, Promote and Progress our Markets and the Communities they support for the prosperity of all."
Job Summary:
Provide network architecture and consulting expertise for HKEX’s trading, market data, and corporate infrastructure projects, ensuring performance, resilience, and regulatory compliance across market‑critical systems.
Job Duties:
Responsibilities
- Act as network subject‑matter expert (SME) for trading and Corporation network projects from design to production
- Provide architectural guidance on trading networks, market data distribution, and exchange connectivity
- Review and validate network designs, implementation plans, and change proposals
- Advise on colocation, cross‑connect, redundancy, and capacity planning initiatives
- Work closely with Project manager, Network Operations, Trading application, Security, and external vendors
- Support risk assessments, technical governance, and production readiness reviews
- Ensure network solutions align with regulatory, audit, and operational standards
Technical Expertise
- Strong expertise in financial‑grade data center network architecture, including spine‑leaf design, high‑availability, and non‑blocking fabrics
- Experience advising on data center interconnect (DCI), redundancy models, and active‑active / disaster recovery designs
- Solid understanding of Layer 2 / Layer 3 data center networking, including EVPN/VXLAN concepts and traffic segmentation
- Knowledge of cross‑connects, carrier diversity, and colocation environments within exchange or financial data centers
- Ability to review and validate capacity planning, latency paths, and resilience design for market‑critical systems
- Familiarity with secure zone design, firewall integration, and east‑west traffic control within data centers
- Experience supporting data center migrations, refresh programs, and technology upgrades with minimal service impact
- Understanding of operational readiness, monitoring, and handover requirements for 24x7 mission‑critical environments
- Ability to lead in vendor and solution design discussions, reviewing proposed architectures, BOMs, and support budget planning and cost justification, including CAPEX / OPEX considerations
- Ability to prepare high‑level solution options, including pros/cons, risks, and architectural trade‑offs
Qualifications
- 10+ year experience in network architecture and consulting roles within financial services or exchanges
- Proven experience supporting mission‑critical, regulated environments
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
- CCIE / equivalent technical certification is an advantage
HKEX is committed as an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is one of our core values and we look to support, respect diverse perspectives, abilities, culture and experiences within our workplace.
Location:
HKEX - TKO
Shift:
Standard - 40 Hours (Hong Kong SAR)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Worker Type:
Permanent
