Low-Latency Data Center Engineer - Chicago

Autonomai Recruitment; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomai Recruitment partners with a technology-driven trading firm to hire a Data Center Engineer in Chicago, IL. You will own data center infrastructure from power and cooling to cabling, supporting high-performance trading operations.

This is a hands-on role covering hardware installation, rack and stack, Linux CLI troubleshooting, and coordination with colocation providers. Expect travel to other sites and collaboration with network/storage teams to keep mission-critical systems online.

Qualifications

• 3+ years data center experience.
• Experience in low latency trading environment.
• Strong understanding of electrical, power, cooling, and safety.
• Cable management with high standards.
• Experience repairing hardware across servers, network devices, and storage.
• Hands-on configuring Cisco/Arista devices via CLI.
• Comfort with Linux CLI for troubleshooting.
• Understanding of basic network designs and topologies.
• Programming using Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain data center infrastructure including power, cooling, hardware, and cabling to ensure maximum availability.
• Plan and execute new hardware installations, covering physical placement and cabling.
• Rack, cable, and configure data center hardware including servers, network equipment, and storage devices.
• Perform hardware troubleshooting and break-fix across data center infrastructure.
• Handle initial configuration of network devices and Linux servers via CLI and zero-touch provisioning.
• Manage colocation provider and vendor relationships, and oversee onsite contractors.
• Maintain accurate inventory, documentation, and capacity planning across space, power, cooling, and cabling.
• Occasional travel to other data center sites may be required.

Skills

Data center experience

Low latency env

Electrical & cooling

Cable management

Hardware repair

Cisco/Arista CLI

Linux CLI

Network design

Python

Physical lifting

Tools

Cisco

Arista

Job description

Autonomai Recruitment partners with a technology-driven trading firm to hire a Data Center Engineer in Chicago, IL. You will own data center infrastructure from power and cooling to cabling, supporting high-performance trading operations.

This is a hands-on role covering hardware installation, rack and stack, Linux CLI troubleshooting, and coordination with colocation providers. Expect travel to other sites and collaboration with network/storage teams to keep mission-critical systems online.