Data Center Operations Engineer — Onsite NY/NJ

Kraken International; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a Data Centre Operations Engineer to join its Infrastructure Operations team in the New York/New Jersey area. This on-site role involves managing the data centre network and compute infrastructure for a leading cryptocurrency exchange, with hands-on responsibilities across installations, maintenance and capacity planning.

The position requires experience in secure, large-scale data centres, strong documentation discipline, and the ability to coordinate with regional teams and

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience of data centre operations in a highly security focused environment.
• Experience in large-scale data centre environments.
• Knowledge of power, cooling and airflow management for physical devices.

Responsibilities

• Performs expert preventive and corrective on-site maintenance on critical exchange infrastructure.
• Installs and configures complex server and networking systems.
• Provides on-site facility support including installation, decommissioning and break/fix work.
• Manages contractors, subcontractors and vendors to ensure site procedure compliance.
• Maintains site-level asset accuracy, documentation and ITAM/NetBox updates; audit-ready rack layouts.
• Supports financial and capacity planning through cost projections and renewal tracking.
• Leads or assists in capacity planning to maintain spare capacity and backfills.
• Assume on-call responsibilities and travel to support data centre and office locations.
• Monitors, maintains and troubleshoots physical infrastructure including on-call duties.

Skills

Data centre operations

Security conscious

Large-scale DC

IP addressing basics

Physical cabling

Job description

Kraken is seeking a Data Centre Operations Engineer to join its Infrastructure Operations team in the New York/New Jersey area. This on-site role involves managing the data centre network and compute infrastructure for a leading cryptocurrency exchange, with hands-on responsibilities across installations, maintenance and capacity planning.

The position requires experience in secure, large-scale data centres, strong documentation discipline, and the ability to coordinate with regional teams and