Data Center Technician (High Frequency Trading)

Hamilton Barnes; New Jersey; On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes seeks a Data Centre Operations Engineer to build and run the low-latency colocation infrastructure behind a global trading platform. The role spans rack builds, cabling, and large deployment projects in a hands-on, travel-heavy environment.

This role requires strong data centre fundamentals, cabling expertise, and experience with PC/server hardware, with opportunities across junior to senior levels.

Qualifications

• Strong data centre fundamentals: power, redundancy, cooling, and airflow.
• Solid copper/fibre cabling skills and structured cabling best practices.
• Experience building PC/server hardware.
• Great communication and organisation; hands-on role with travel.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and document installations, upgrades, and maintenance across data centre estate.
• Travel to regional and remote sites to lead projects and operational work.
• Oversee and quality-check remote hands tasks.
• Install and cable racks to standard, servers, switches, PDUs, structured copper and fibre.
• Manage inventory, forecast hardware needs, and coordinate logistics.
• Partner with internal teams, vendors, and external providers to protect uptime.

Skills

Data centre fundamentals

Copper/fibre cabling

PC/server hardware

Communication

Organization

Scripting (Python/Shell)

Job description

Job Title: Data Centre Operations Engineer – Trading Infrastructure (Junior to Senior)

Location: New Jersey

Compensation Range: $100,000 - $200,000 TC

We're hiring Data Centre Engineers at multiple levels to help build and run the low-latency colocation infrastructure behind a global trading platform.

This is a hands-on role spanning everything from rack builds and cabling to large-scale deployment projects.

What you'll do

• - Plan, execute, and document installations, upgrades, and maintenance across our data centre estate
• - Travel to regional and remote sites to lead projects and operational work
• - Oversee and quality-check remote hands tasks
• - Install and cable racks to standard, servers, switches, PDUs, structured copper and fibre
• - Manage inventory, forecast hardware needs, and coordinate logistics
• - Partner with internal teams, vendors, and external providers to protect uptime.

What we're looking for (All levels)

• - Strong data centre fundamentals: power, redundancy, cooling, and airflow
• - Solid copper/fibre cabling skills and structured cabling best practices
• - Experience building PC/server hardware
• - Great communication and organisation; happy in a hands-on, travel-heavy role

Mid (typically 2–5 years)

• - Hands-on experience in high-availability colocation environments
• - Able to run installations and projects independently
• - Python or shell scripting a plus

Senior (typically 5+ years)

• - Vendor/logistics management and capacity forecasting
• - Mentors junior engineers and improves build standards