Data Center Engineer

Autonomai Recruitment; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomai Recruitment is seeking a Data Center Engineer for a technology-driven trading firm in Chicago, IL. This hands-on role covers physical data center environments, including liquid cooling and GPU-dense compute, with ownership from start to finish.

You'll work with server, network, and storage technology, maintain uptime, install hardware, configure devices, and coordinate with vendors. Travel to other data centers may be required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of data center experience.
• GPU hardware exposure.
• Strong understanding of electrical, power, cooling, and safety.
• Knowledge of cabling standards and media types with high cable management standards.
• Experience with hardware repair across servers, network devices, and storage.
• Hands-on configuring Cisco and Arista devices via CLI.
• Comfort with Linux command line for basic troubleshooting and scripting.
• Ability to understand basic network designs and topologies.
• Ability to meet physical requirements including height work and lifting up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain data center infrastructure including power, cooling (including direct liquid cooling), hardware, and cabling to ensure maximum availability.
• Plan and execute new hardware installations, covering physical placement, power and cooling requirements, and structured cabling.
• Rack, cable, and configure data center hardware including servers, GPU-dense compute, network equipment, and storage devices.
• Perform hardware troubleshooting and break-fix across data center infrastructure.
• Handle initial configuration of network devices and Linux servers via CLI and zero-touch provisioning.
• Manage colocation provider and vendor relationships, and oversee onsite contractors.
• Maintain accurate inventory, documentation, and capacity planning across space, power, cooling, and cabling.
• Occasional travel to other data center sites may be required.

Skills

Data center experience

GPU hardware exposure

Network devices CLI

Linux CLI

Cable management

Python scripting

Physical lifting 50 lbs

Tools

Cisco CLI

Arista CLI

Linux

Job description

Location: Chicago, IL

I'm representing a technology-driven trading firm that operates some of the most sophisticated low-latency and high-performance computing infrastructure in the industry. They are looking for a Data Center Engineer to join a global infrastructure team responsible for the physical data center environments that power their trading operations, including liquid cooling systems and GPU-dense compute.

This is a hands-on, project-oriented role with real ownership from start to finish. You'll work with cutting-edge server, network, and storage technology, and play a central part in keeping mission-critical infrastructure running at its best.

What you'll do

• Maintain data center infrastructure including power, cooling (including direct liquid cooling), hardware, and cabling to ensure maximum availability
• Plan and execute new hardware installations, covering physical placement, power and cooling requirements, and structured cabling
• Rack, cable, and configure data center hardware including servers, GPU-dense compute, network equipment, and storage devices
• Perform hardware troubleshooting and break-fix across data center infrastructure
• Handle initial configuration of network devices and Linux servers via CLI and zero-touch provisioning
• Manage colocation provider and vendor relationships, and oversee onsite contractors
• Maintain accurate inventory, documentation, and capacity planning across space, power, cooling, and cabling
• Occasional travel to other data center sites may be required

What you'll bring

• 3+ years of data center experience
• GPU hardware exposure
• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure including electrical, power, cooling, and safety
• Knowledge of cabling standards and media types, with an exceptionally high standard for cable management
• Experience with hardware repair across servers, network devices, and storage
• Hands-on experience configuring Cisco and Arista devices via CLI
• Comfort working at the Linux command line for basic troubleshooting and script execution
• Ability to understand basic network designs and topologies
• Failure analysis experience is a plus
• Programming experience such as Python is a plus
• Must be able to meet physical requirements including working at height and lifting up to 50 lbs

Please note this role is open to US citizens or Green Card Holders