CORE | Data Center Technician

Jump Trading; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Group Pension Scheme

Paid Parental Leave

Parking and Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is seeking an on-site Data Center Engineer to support production infrastructure across its global datacenters. You will manage power, cooling, cabling and hardware, while coordinating with vendors and internal teams to ensure high availability.

You will apply practical knowledge of data center infrastructure, perform capacity planning, and troubleshoot issues using Linux CLI and basic scripting, contributing to a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• Two+ years of onsite Data Center experience.
• Understanding of data center infrastructure (electrical/power, cooling, mechanicals, safety).
• Knowledge of cabling standards/media types and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Remotely manage data center infrastructure (power, cooling, hardware, cabling, tools, etc.) to maximize availability.
• Plan for new hardware installs (location, power, cooling, cabling).
• Oversee Datacenter Managed Services providers and onsite technicians.
• Develop and maintain data center standards and documentation.
• Interface with colocation providers and hardware vendors for requests.
• Coordinate data center work with other teams (installation, auditing).
• Perform capacity planning (space, cooling, power, cabling).
• Evaluate industry trends and propose improvements for Data Center hardware space.
• Troubleshoot data center and hardware issues; break-fix.
• Assist with shipping/receiving and maintain inventory.
• Occasional travel to data centers and Jump offices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data center experience

Power & cooling knowledge

Cabling standards

Hardware repair

Network topology understanding

Linux CLI & scripting

Communication

Time management

Team collaboration

Reliability

Tools

Linux

Job description

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Production Infrastructure is a global team of technologists who architect, build, and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From designing and deploying our global low-latency network and datacenter architecture, to optimizing application deployment and monitoring infrastructure, Production Infrastructure engineers span the whole stack, leveraging research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business.

Jump's Production Infrastructure team is responsible for the datacenters, networks and supporting systems that power both Jump's global low latency environment and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. In this role you’ll have an opportunity to work with the latest in server, network and storage technology such as high-density cabinets and liquid cooling. You’ll also exist in a capacity that will allow project ownership from start to finish.

What You’ll Do:

• Remotely manage 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.).
• Oversee Datacenter Managed Services providers, including management of onsite technicians.
• Develop and maintain data center standards and other documentation.
• Interface directly with colocation providers and hardware vendors (questions, issues or new requests).
• Work with other teams to coordinate data center work (installation of equipment, cable patching, auditing, etc.).
• Perform capacity planning activities within the data center (space, cooling, power, cabling plant).
• Evaluate industry trends and recommend changes and improvements within the Data Center and hardware space.
• Data center and hardware troubleshooting and break-fix.
• Assist with shipping and receiving of equipment.
• Maintain inventory (serialized assets and consumables).
• Occasional travel to data centers/Jump offices.
• Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills You’ll Need:

• At least two years onsite Data Center experience.
• Understanding of data center infrastructure (electrical/power, cooling, mechanicals, safety, etc.).
• Knowledge of cabling standards/media types and installation best practices
• Hardware repair experience (data center infra, servers, network devices, storage devices, etc.).
• Ability to understand basic network designs and topologies.
• Experience working at the command line of Linux systems doing basic system troubleshooting and running scripts.
• Excellent written/verbal communication, time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work well as part of global team in a fast-paced environment.
• Extremely high personal standards for work quality.
• Reliable and predictable availability

Benefits include:

• Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
• Travel Medical Insurance
• Group Pension Scheme
• Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
• Paid Parental Leave
• Parking and Commuter Benefits

BenefitsDiscretionary bonus eligibility Medical, dental, and vision insuranceHSA, FSA, and Dependent Care optionsEmployer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D InsuranceVoluntary Life & AD&D insurancePaid vacation plus paid holidaysRetirement plan with employer matchPaid parental leaveWellness Programs

Annual Base Salary Range : $120,000 USD - $180,000 USD