Quant Capital
Senior Data Center Engineer
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Data Center Engineer – Quant Trading
Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Data Center Engineer to join our high-profile client. Our client is a well-known global quantitative trading firm. The company operates at the intersection of trading and finance. This is an environment similar to that of a successful tech startup, where technology is the top priority. The firm is recognised globally for its innovative culture, technical excellence, and collaborative ethos. More importantly, you will be surrounded by smart individuals who are deeply interested in sharing their knowledge and learning from you.
We are looking for an experienced Data Center Engineer to help maintain our client’s data infrastructure, ensuring data is safe and accessible 24/7. This is a hands-on role that will involve designing, building, scaling, and managing data centres and colocation facilities, as well as working closely with internal teams and external vendors.
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The role requires collaboration with network, server, facilities engineering, market data, and trading teams, along with data centre operators, colocation providers, and hardware vendors.
Responsibilities include:
- Designing deployment plans for new equipment using data centre best practices
- Managing procurement, shipping, and inventory of equipment, cabling, and parts
- Installing and configuring server OS in a PXE environment with Linux being required for network deployment
- Installing, cabling, configuring, and troubleshooting various network and server equipment
- Ensuring the highest standards of security, organisation, documentation, safety, and cleanliness in all data centre operations
Data Center Engineers MUST have:
- Ideally 4+ years of experience in a data centre environment with a strong understanding of best practices, cabling methodology, and vendor management
- A self-starter mindset with strong initiative and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication
- Ability to troubleshoot dark fibre connectivity
- Experience managing projects
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including switching, routing, and Layer 2/3 troubleshooting
- Linux
- Experience with a variety of server and network hardware (e.g., Dell, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Ciena, Corning, Ortronics)
- Ability to design, deploy, test, and troubleshoot copper and fibre cabling
- Willingness to travel 2-4 weeks per year and work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends
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