Data Center Engineer - High-Avail Trading Infrastructure

Hamilton Barnes; New Jersey; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes is seeking a Data Center Engineer to build and maintain the physical backbone of our high-performance trading platform. You will install racks, cabling, servers, PDUs, and manage regional facilities, with frequent travel to remote sites and collaboration with engineering and vendors.

The role requires hands-on data center experience, strong networking and power-system knowledge, and comfort with tooling and lifting up to 30 lbs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in high-availability or financial colocation environments.
• Strong knowledge of power systems, redundancy and infrastructure design.
• Deep expertise in copper/fiber and structured cabling.
• Familiarity with rack-level cooling and airflow management.
• Experience building PC/server hardware (overclocking a bonus).
• Linux and bash proficiency; comfortable with serial console troubleshooting
• Python or shell scripting a bonus; comfortable with hand tools; able to lift up to 30 lbs
• Organised, proactive communicator who works well with minimal supervision
• Willing to travel regularly in a fast-moving environment

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and document installations, upgrades and maintenance across our data centers
• Travel to regional and remote facilities to lead infrastructure projects and operational work
• Oversee remote hands tasks and quality-check completed work
• Install racks, cabling, servers, switches, PDUs and hardware to company standards
• Manage inventory, forecast hardware needs and coordinate logistics
• Liaise with engineering teams, vendors and partners to keep infrastructure reliable

Skills

High-availability

Colocation infra

Copper & Fiber

Rack design

Cooling airflow

Hardware assembly

Linux Bash

Scripting (Python)

Tools handling

Travel ready

Communication

Job description

Hamilton Barnes is seeking a Data Center Engineer to build and maintain the physical backbone of our high-performance trading platform. You will install racks, cabling, servers, PDUs, and manage regional facilities, with frequent travel to remote sites and collaboration with engineering and vendors.

The role requires hands-on data center experience, strong networking and power-system knowledge, and comfort with tooling and lifting up to 30 lbs.