Data Center Technician - HPC & Global Infrastructure

P2P; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Travel Insurance

Pension Scheme

Group Life Insurance

AD&D Insurance

Parental Leave

Parking Benefits

Discretionary Bonus

Wellness Programs

Retirement Match

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Jump Trading Group's Production Infrastructure team is seeking a Data Center Engineer to help design, deploy, and maintain our global low-latency infrastructure. You will manage datacenter power, cooling, cabling, and hardware and collaborate with colocation providers to ensure high availability and performance.

You will work with Linux, network basics, and scripting to troubleshoot and automate tasks, while upholding exceptional quality and reliability in a fast-paced, global team.

Qualifications

• At least two years onsite Data Center experience.
• Understanding of data center infrastructure (electrical/power, cooling, mechanicals, safety, etc.).
• Knowledge of cabling standards/media types and installation best practices
• Hardware repair experience (data center infra, servers, network devices, storage devices, etc.).
• Ability to understand basic network designs and topologies.
• Experience working at the command line of Linux systems doing basic system troubleshooting and running scripts.
• Excellent written/verbal communication, time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work well as part of global team in a fast-paced environment.
• Extremely high personal standards for work quality.
• Reliable and predictable availability

Responsibilities

• Remotely manage data center infrastructure (power, cooling, hardware, cabling, tools/supplies, etc.) to provide maximum availability of services.
• Perform requirements gathering and planning for new hardware installs (i.e. physical location, power and cooling requirements, cabling, etc.).
• Oversee Datacenter Managed Services providers, including management of onsite technicians.
• Develop and maintain data center standards and other documentation.
• Interface directly with colocation providers and hardware vendors (questions, issues or new requests).
• Work with other teams to coordinate data center work (installation of equipment, cable patching, auditing, etc.).
• Perform capacity planning activities within the data center (space, cooling, power, cabling plant).
• Evaluate industry trends and recommend changes and improvements within the Data Center and hardware space.
• Data center and hardware troubleshooting and break-fix.
• Assist with shipping and receiving of equipment.
• Maintain inventory (serialized assets and consumables).
• Occasional travel to data centers/Jump offices.
• Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills

Data Center Experience

Electrical/Power

Cooling/Mechanical

Cabling Standards

Hardware Repair

Linux CLI

Network Basics

Scripting Basics

Communication

Team Collaboration

Tools

Datacenter Management Tools

Job description

Jump Trading Group's Production Infrastructure team is seeking a Data Center Engineer to help design, deploy, and maintain our global low-latency infrastructure. You will manage datacenter power, cooling, cabling, and hardware and collaborate with colocation providers to ensure high availability and performance.

You will work with Linux, network basics, and scripting to troubleshoot and automate tasks, while upholding exceptional quality and reliability in a fast-paced, global team.