Senior Telecom Procurement Specialist

Job description

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Senior Telecom Procurement Specialist to join our growing infrastructure team. In this role, you will help procure, build, and optimize the physical backbone of HRT’s global trading infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a commercial engineer who can negotiate fiercely, but also geeks out over optical hardware specs and treats an inventory database like a perfectly calibrated 3D printer. If you view a global network footprint as the ultimate hardware puzzle, love to tinker with hardware in your spare time, and get a thrill from mapping complex physical topologies – like understanding exactly how fiber runs under streets and across oceans – this role is for you. Responsibilities: - Strategic Sourcing & Negotiation: Procure global circuits, dark fiber, colocation space, and custom wireless networks. Negotiate complex MSAs and SLAs with global carriers and niche infrastructure providers. - Engineering Partnership: Act as the commercial bridge to our Network & Ops teams. You must speak the physical layer's language: optical budgets, DWDM hardware quirks, Layer 2/3 routing, and strict route diversity. - Inventory & Automation: Partner with develop...