About the Role
You will help run the physical layer of XTX's datacenter infrastructure, combining hands-on work like server racking, cabling, power management, and component integration with supporting network deployment and Americas colocation project management. You'll be based in New York with occasional travel to datacenters predominantly in the Americas, working closely with the Trading Development and Procurement teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years working in datacenters or infrastructure operations
- Hands-on experience with switches/routers and low-latency network design (experience with Cisco, Mellanox, and Arista preferred)
- Proven experience building/operating low-latency trading infrastructure and Americas colocation projects
- Network routing knowledge: BGP, OSPF and multicast routing (implementation and troubleshooting)
- Comfortable working inside servers: component installs, PCIe cards, firmware updates, and hardware diagnostics (experience with Dell servers a plus)
- Hands-on experience with fibre optics, transceivers (SFP/SFP+/QSFP/DWDM) and optical networking fundamentals
- Strong change management, documentation and verification discipline
- Excellent communication skills for vendor coordination, exchange/Broker integration and remote-hands instruction
- Flexibility to work weekends (with time off in lieu provided) or a willingness to work an alternative schedule, such as Tuesday through Saturday
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute deployment of physical infrastructure in Americas datacenters primarily, and support datacenter operations activities globally
- Supervise and execute large projects such as colocation setup and expansions and moving large amounts of equipment between sites, and maintain datacenters including replacing failed components
- Install and maintain well-ordered datacenter infrastructure including designing, installing, and maintaining labelled structured cabling, and power, space and cooling capacity monitoring and expansion
- Perform server integration work such as fitting PCIe cards and NICs into servers, hardware refreshes and failed component replacements
- Coordinate with third parties regarding infrastructure support
- Produce and maintain operational runbooks, install guides, test plans and post-change verification; review and approve changes
- Assist with inventory and logistics tasks as needed to support deployments
Benefits
- Discretionary annual performance bonus scheme
- Comprehensive package of benefits