A leading high frequency trading firm is looking to grow out their Data Center Engineering team in both Dallas, TX and Charlotte, NC. This trading infrastructure team is a global team of skilled engineers who architect, build, and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From designing and implementing colocation facilities to optimizing exchange connectivity and creating cutting-edge Wide Area Networks, we rely on research and automation to continuously adapt and innovate. As part of our team, you'll work with state-of-the-art server, network, and storage technology, including high-density cabinets and liquid cooling. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to take ownership of projects from inception to completion, contributing to our dynamic and evolving business environment.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain data center infrastructure (power, cooling, hardware, cabling, tools/supplies, etc.). to provide maximum availability of services.
- Perform requirements gathering and planning for new hardware installs (i.e. physical location, power and cooling requirements, cabling, etc.).
- Install and configure data center infrastructure components (cabinets, power strips, structured cabling, etc.).
- Racking and cabling of data center hardware (servers, network equipment, storage devices, etc.).
- Hardware troubleshooting and break-fix.
- Initial configuration of network devices and Linux servers (Linux cli commands, switch cli commands, zero-touch-provisioning).
Skills & Education Required:
- Knowledge of cabling standards/media types and ability to manage cables to an extremely high standard.
- Strong understanding of data center infrastructure (electrical/power, cooling, liquid cooling, mechanicals, safety, etc.).
- Availability to work evenings and weekends as required.
- Hardware repair experience (data center infra, servers, network devices, storage devices, etc.).
- Experience using/configuring Cisco and Arista devices via CLI.
- Strong experience working at the command line of Linux systems doing basic system troubleshooting and running scripts.
- Experience programming (such as in Python) a plus.
