Network Engineer

Freedom Finance Technologies is a Cyprus-based fintech company and part of the international financial holding Freedom Finance. We develop and maintain trading and banking IT products, as well as the holding’s IT infrastructure worldwide. Our team currently consists of 170 professionals. Over the past three years, we have grown fourfold and continue to actively expand our team.

Since 2009, we have been developing our core product—a trading system for brokerage operations in the stock market. More than 700,000 users across 41 countries use our applications.

We are expanding our IT Infrastructure team and are looking for a Network Engineer to support, develop, and modernize our corporate office network. Our office network is built around a centralized FortiGate core located in the data center and managed by a dedicated team. At the office level, we primarily use MikroTik and Ubiquiti equipment. We are looking for someone who can bring consistency and order to the network infrastructure by improving segmentation, implementing high availability, automating monitoring, and keeping documentation up to date.

Key Responsibilities:

Network Operations & Development

Administer and develop the office network infrastructure (primarily MikroTik, with Ubiquiti deployed in several locations).

Network Optimization

Reconfigure network segmentation across all office locations, optimize the existing infrastructure, and eliminate bottlenecks.

High Availability

Design and implement high-availability solutions for network equipment and WAN connectivity.

Monitoring & Automation

Deploy network monitoring systems and introduce additional services to simplify network administration.

Documentation & IP Address Management (IPAM/Wiki)

Maintain and update the corporate knowledge base (Wiki), keep network diagrams for major office locations current, and manage the organization's IP address space (IPAM).

New Office Deployments

Remotely prepare and configure network equipment for new office openings.

Collaboration

Work closely with Internet service providers (ISPs) and the team responsible for the data center network core.

Troubleshooting

Diagnose and resolve incidents related to network infrastructure and associated services.

Requirements

Strong MikroTik Expertise

Hands-on experience configuring, routing, and troubleshooting MikroTik RouterOS environments.

Experience with Ubiquiti

Solid understanding of configuring and managing UniFi and Edge product lines.

Strong Networking Fundamentals

In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, the OSI model, routing, VLANs, VPNs, firewalls, and NAT.

Practical experience designing and supporting high-availability environments, including link redundancy and load balancing.

Linux Administration

Solid experience with Ubuntu Linux, including network service configuration and basic server administration.

Documentation Skills

Experience with IP address management solutions (NetBox, phpIPAM, or similar) and maintaining network documentation and diagrams (Confluence, Notion, draw.io, Visio).

Monitoring Systems

Experience deploying, configuring, and customizing monitoring platforms such as Zabbix, Prometheus/Grafana, Nagios, or equivalent solutions.

English — B2 (Upper-Intermediate) or higher

Ability to communicate effectively in written English with external vendors and colleagues. Most day-to-day communication is conducted in English.

Self-Driven & Organized

Ability to work independently, take a structured approach to problem-solving, and maintain well-organized infrastructure and documentation.

Excellent written and verbal Russian is essential for this role.

Nice to Have

Experience with IP telephony, including Asterisk administration and configuration.

Relevant certifications such as MTCNA, MTCRE, CCNA, or equivalent.

Understanding of FortiGate architecture and operation to collaborate effectively with the data center networking team.

Basic automation skills using Bash, Python, or Ansible to streamline routine operational tasks.