Data Center Engineer

Selby Jennings; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a highly skilled Data Center Engineer to join its infrastructure team in a high‑reliability environment supporting mission‑critical trading and research platforms. The role is based onsite in the downtown Philadelphia data center and involves maintaining servers, storage, network gear, and environmental systems to ensure reliability and scalability.

You will help deploy new infrastructure, assist in automation and orchestration, and manage asset lifecycle, while

Qualifications

• 3–12 years of experience in data center or infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of power distribution, cooling, structured cabling, and data center layout best practices.
• Experience terminating and troubleshooting fiber optic cabling and connectivity.
• Hands-on hardware experience building, repairing, and troubleshooting servers and related infrastructure.
• Knowledge of copper and fiber networking technologies, including testing tools.
• Familiarity with ticketing systems and basic scripting or automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support servers, storage platforms, and network infrastructure, including hardware troubleshooting and component replacement.
• Monitor data center environmental systems and respond to power, cooling, and capacity-related issues.
• Coordinate the deployment of new infrastructure, including rack design, power planning, cooling requirements, and network connectivity.
• Assist in the automation and orchestration of data center operations and infrastructure management processes.
• Support asset lifecycle management, including the secure retirement and disposal of equipment.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting critical infrastructure environments.

Skills

Data center operations

On-call rotation

Automation scripting

Fiber optic troubleshooting

Power and cooling

Education

CCNA certification

Tools

Linux administration

Cisco networking equipment

Job description

A leading quantitative investment firm is seeking a highly skilled Data Center Engineer to join their growing infrastructure team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in expanding and maintaining a highly sophisticated global data center environment that supports mission-critical trading and research platforms. The successful candidate will work alongside talented infrastructure and engineering teams, helping to ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the firm's technology footprint.

This role is based onsite in their downtown Philadelphia data center space.

What You'll Be Doing

• Maintain and support servers, storage platforms, and network infrastructure, including hardware troubleshooting and component replacement.
• Monitor data center environmental systems and respond to power, cooling, and capacity-related issues.
• Coordinate the deployment of new infrastructure, including rack design, power planning, cooling requirements, and network connectivity.
• Assist in the automation and orchestration of data center operations and infrastructure management processes.
• Support asset lifecycle management, including the secure retirement and disposal of equipment.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting critical infrastructure environments.

What They're Looking For

• 3-12 years of experience working within a data center, colocation, or critical infrastructure environment.
• Strong understanding of power distribution, cooling systems, structured cabling, and data center layout best practices.
• Experience terminating and troubleshooting fiber optic cabling and connectivity.
• Hands-on hardware experience building, repairing, and troubleshooting servers and related infrastructure.
• Knowledge of copper and fiber networking technologies, including the use of testing tools.
• Familiarity with ticketing systems and basic scripting or automation experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Linux administration experience.
• Experience managing Cisco networking equipment and relevant certifications such as CCNA.
• Electrical, mechanical, or low-voltage systems background.
• IBEW low-voltage training or similar technical certifications.