Data Center Engineer

Flow Traders; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual company trips

Volunteer programs

Global rotations

Wellness programs

Great locations and lounges

Job summary

Flow Traders is seeking an experienced Datacenter Engineer to own and support the physical infrastructure across our European colocation estate, including latency-sensitive trading sites, back-office data centers and wireless locations.

You will be responsible for the full physical infrastructure lifecycle, from deployments to decommissioning, with regular travel across Europe and close collaboration with Network, Systems, carriers and providers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a production datacenter environment.
• Strong server hardware knowledge and component-level troubleshooting.
• Structured cabling across copper, fibre and DAC/Twinax.
• Understanding of colocation power, cooling, redundancy, and monitoring.
• Basic Cisco/Arista networking and Linux (Debian) familiarity.
• Experience managing providers, carriers, and remote hands.
• Excellent project delivery, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Willingness to travel across Europe and participate in on-call.
• Valid driving licence for EU travel.

Responsibilities

• Rack, cable, power, commission, troubleshoot, and decommission servers, storage, and network equipment.
• Deliver new datacenter deployments, hardware refreshes, site expansions, and connectivity projects.
• On-site escalation point for hardware, cabling, power, thermal, optics, and physical network incidents.
• Monitor and forecast rack space, power, cooling, and cross-connect capacity across sites.
• Manage cross-connects, remote hands, site access, carriers, colocation providers, and specialist contractors.
• Maintain accurate hardware, spares, cabling, rack elevation, and site documentation.
• Coordinate hardware shipping, RMAs, receiving, and asset disposal across European locations.
• Support microwave and wireless locations and supervise specialists contractors where required.
• Participate in change management, incident response, postmortems, and an out-of-hours on-call rota.
• Standardize infrastructure practices and automate repetitive operational tasks where possible.

Skills

Datacenter ops

Server hardware

Cabling & fibre

Colocation mgmt

Travel readiness

On-call support

Documentation

Project delivery

Linux systems

Power & cooling

Job description

Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Datacenter Engineer to own and support the physical infrastructure across our European colocation estate, including latency-sensitive trading sites, back-office datacenters, and microwave/wireless locations. You will be responsible for the full physical infrastructure lifecycle, from new deployments and hardware refreshes to troubleshooting, capacity planning, documentation, and decommissioning. This is a highly hands-on role requiring regular travel across Europe and close collaboration with Network, Systems, Trading Infrastructure, carriers, and colocation providers.

Core Responsibilities

• Rack, cable, power, commission, troubleshoot, and decommission servers, storage, and network equipment.
• Deliver new datacenter deployments, hardware refreshes, site expansions, and connectivity projects.
• Act as the on-site escalation point for hardware, cabling, power, thermal, optics, and physical network incidents.
• Monitor and forecast rack space, power, cooling, and cross-connect capacity across sites.
• Manage cross-connects, remote hands, site access, carriers, colocation providers, and specialist contractors.
• Maintain accurate hardware, spares, cabling, rack elevation, and site documentation.
• Coordinate hardware shipping, RMAs, receiving, and asset disposal across European locations.
• Support microwave and wireless locations and supervise specialist contractors where required.
• Participate in change management, incident response, postmortems, and an out-of-hours on-call rota.
• Standardize infrastructure practices and automate repetitive operational tasks where possible.

Core Skills & Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on datacenter experience in a business-critical production environment; trading or other latency-sensitive experience is preferred.
• Strong server hardware knowledge, including rack installation, PDUs, firmware/BIOS, out-of-band management, and component-level troubleshooting.
• Strong structured cabling knowledge across copper, DAC/Twinax, and SM/MM fibre, including optical testing.
• Good understanding of colocation power, cooling, redundancy, and environmental monitoring.
• Basic troubleshooting and configuration experience with Cisco/Arista networking and Linux/Debian systems.
• Experience managing colocation providers, carriers, contractors, cross-connects, and remote hands.
• Strong project delivery, documentation, incident management, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Willingness to travel frequently across Europe and participate in on-call support.
• Valid driving licence and unrestricted ability to travel to and work at provider sites across the EU.

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.

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What We Offer

No matter where you’re based, we offer great perks and benefits.

Attractive Compensation

Remuneration package comprised of a base salary and a discretionary variable component.

Continuous Learning and Development

Dedicated academy with endless personal and functional development opportunities.

Exceptional Events and Social Activities

Annual company trip, holiday parties, family and sports events. There is something for everyone!

Employee Foundation

Volunteer programs for employees and charity support initiatives through the Flow Traders Foundation.

Attractive Compensation

Remuneration package comprised of a base salary and a discretionary variable component.

Continuous Learning and Development

Dedicated academy with endless personal and functional development opportunities.

Exceptional Events and Social Activities

Annual company trip, holiday parties, family and sports events. There is something for everyone!

Employee Foundation

Volunteer programs for employees and charity support initiatives through the Flow Traders Foundation.

Global Rotations Opportunities

Opportunities to work in different locations to support personal growth within the company and develop your career.

Great Global Locations

Vibrant working environments, furnished with lounges, bars, gaming areas and offering lunches and coffee.

Wellness and Healthy Culture

Active lifestyle promoted by offering sports, healthy food and wellbeing programs.

Working with Great Minds

Informal working environment, with a focus on direct and open communication, entrepreneurial spirit and a driven atmosphere.

Global Rotations Opportunities

Opportunities to work in different locations to support personal growth within the company and develop your career.

Great Global Locations

Vibrant working environments, furnished with lounges, bars, gaming areas and offering lunches and coffee.

Wellness and Healthy Culture

Active lifestyle promoted by offering sports, healthy food and wellbeing programs.

Working with Great Minds

Informal working environment, with a focus on direct and open communication, entrepreneurial spirit and a driven atmosphere.