Data Centre Engineer

1 Month ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Data Centre Engineer, you will ensure the safety and accessibility of Jane Street's data around the clock, involving hands-on work in data centers, process thinking, and project management. You will design, build, scale, and maintain data centers. Collaboration with various teams to optimize data environments and prevent problems is essential. Responsibilities include designing equipment deployments, coordinating logistical tasks, installing and configuring server OS, troubleshooting equipment, and upholding data center standards.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of data center experience with understanding of best practices.
  • Self-starter mindset; takes initiative and finds ways to improve.
  • Excellent communication and project management skills.
  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in a Linux environment.
  • Experience deploying server and network hardware.
  • Ability to design, deploy, test, and troubleshoot cabling.
  • Willingness to travel and work evenings/weekends.

Job Details

About the Position

We are looking for an experienced Data Centre Engineer who can help our team keep Jane Street’s data safe and accessible around the clock, which will involve a mix of hands-on work in our data and colocation centres, process thinking and project management. 

Your work will mostly involve designing, building, scaling and performing daily upkeep in our regional data and colocation centres. You’ll also get to collaborate with really talented people from all different areas of expertise across Jane Street to optimise our data environments and prevent major problems before they happen. 

You will join an interdisciplinary team made up of several groups across Jane Street, including our Network, Server, Facilities Engineering, Market Data and Trading teams, along with some external data centre operators, colocation and smart hands service providers, and cabling, hardware and telco vendors. Together, you will:

  • Design plans for new equipment deployments using data centre best practices
  • Coordinate logistical tasks across locations, including procurement, shipping, moving and keeping inventory of our equipment, cabling and parts
  • Install and configure server OS in a PXE environment (fundamental Linux knowledge is required to deploy our network equipment)
  • Install, cable, configure and troubleshoot different types of network and server equipment
  • Ensure that all our data centres uphold the highest standards in terms of security, organisation, documentation, safety, cleanliness and supply management

This role provides on-location services that are crucial to our daily operations in London, as well as impact the operations of our remote locations across EMEA. 

About You

While there’s no fixed set of skills required for this role (we can teach you what you need to know), here are some of the things we’re looking for:

  • Ideally 5+ years of experience working in a data centre environment with a strong understanding of data centre best practices, cabling methodology and managing vendors
  • A self-starter mindset; someone who takes initiative, gets the job done and is always on the lookout for ways we can do things better
  • A clear communicator with excellent people and project management skills
  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals; including how to switch and rout protocols and troubleshoot Layer 2 and 3 connectivity issues
  • Proficiency in a Linux environment (Scripting skills in Bash or Python are a plus)
  • Experience deploying a variety of server and network hardware (e.g., Dell, Cisco, Arista, Ciena, Corning, Ortronics products)
  • Ability to design, deploy, test and troubleshoot both copper and fibre cabling
  • Willingness to travel and work evenings/weekends
  • Fluency in English is required

If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to agency-partnerships@janestreet.com.

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About The Company

Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Amsterdam. We are always recruiting top candidates and we invest heavily in teaching and training. The environment at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and fun. People grow into long careers here because there are always new and interesting problems to solve, systems to build, and theories to test.



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