HPC Data Center Production Engineer - Banking and Finance

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Illinois; On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive bonus

Job summary

A leading trading firm in the United States seeks a candidate for a role focused on automating hardware onboarding and developing intelligence tools related to power and thermal management. The ideal candidate will have strong Python skills and experience with Git/GitHub. They will work on infrastructure automation to enhance reliability and efficiency in a high-performance environment. The position offers a competitive base salary of $250,000 and an extensive bonus structure.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python and experience with Git/GitHub for managing infrastructure code.
• Understanding of PDU failover, CDU cooling loops, and environmental impact on HPC hardware.
• Drive to eliminate manual tasks through scripting.

Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning and verification of switches, CDUs, and power infrastructure.
• Model datacenters in code to generate Bills of Materials (BOMs) and cable length requirements.
• Develop tools to monitor power failover scenarios.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Experience with Git/GitHub

Experience with NetBox/Nautobot

Understanding of PDU failover and CDU cooling loops

Scripting for automation

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity?

Join a world-class trading firm where some of the brightest traders, engineers, and researchers collaborate to solve one of the most challenging problems in global markets. With over 25 years of experience and a global footprint across eight countries, the firm operates across all asset classes and time horizons, building the systems that power modern trading. Driven by curiosity, precision, and relentless innovation, it leverages cutting‑edge AI and machine learning to develop advanced models and low‑latency infrastructure that push the boundaries of what’s possible in high‑performance, competitive markets.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, feel free to reach out and apply today!

Responsibilities

• Hardware Onboarding Automation: You will be writing code to automate the provisioning and verification of switches, CDUs, and power infrastructure.
• Infrastructure-as-Code Modelling: You will be modelling our datacenters in code to automatically generate Bill of Materials (BOMs) and precise cable length requirements.
• Power & Thermal Intelligence: You will be developing the tools that monitor power failover scenarios and downstream impacts of environmental changes (CDUs/Doors/Temps).
• Tooling Evolution: You will be constantly enhancing our existing automation stack to ensure the production environment is faster and more reliable than the competition.

Skills/Must have

• Development Skills: Proficiency in Python and experience with Git/GitHub for managing infrastructure code.
• NetDevOps/DCIM: Experience with tools like NetBox, Nautobot, or custom-built DCIM solutions for modelling physical environments.
• Power/Mechanical Knowledge: Understanding of PDU failover, CDU cooling loops, and how environmental variables affect HPC hardware.
• Automation Mindset: A drive to eliminate manual tasks through scripting and programmatic hardware management.

Benefits

• Extensive bonus

Salary

• $250,000 base salary