CORE | Data Center Technician

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics Physics and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries push through them and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness creativity intellectual honesty and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design develop and deploy technologies that change our world fund start-ups across industries and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Production Infrastructure is a global team of technologists who architect build and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From designing and deploying our global low-latency network and datacenter architecture to optimizing application deployment and monitoring infrastructure Production Infrastructure engineers span the whole stack leveraging research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business.

Jumps Production Infrastructure team is responsible for the datacenters networks and supporting systems that power both Jumps global low latency environment and high-performance computing (HPC) this role youll have an opportunity to work with the latest in server network and storage technology such as high-density cabinets and liquid cooling. Youll also exist in a capacity that will allow project ownership from start to finish.

What Youll Do:

Remotely manage data center infrastructure (power cooling hardware cabling tools/supplies etc.) to provide maximum availability of services.

Perform requirements gathering and planning for new hardware installs (i.e. physical location power and cooling requirements cabling etc.).

Oversee Datacenter Managed Services providers including management of onsite technicians.

Develop and maintain data center standards and other documentation.

Interface directly with colocation providers and hardware vendors (questions issues or new requests).

Work with other teams to coordinate data center work (installation of equipment cable patching auditing etc.).

Perform capacity planning activities within the data center (space cooling power cabling plant).

Evaluate industry trends and recommend changes and improvements within the Data Center and hardware space.

Data center and hardware troubleshooting and break-fix.

Assist with shipping and receiving of equipment.

Maintain inventory (serialized assets and consumables).

Occasional travel to data centers/Jump offices.

Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills Youll Need:

At least two years onsite Data Center experience.

Understanding of data center infrastructure (electrical/power cooling mechanicals safety etc.).

Knowledge of cabling standards/media types and installation best practices

Hardware repair experience (data center infra servers network devices storage devices etc.).

Ability to understand basic network designs and topologies.

Experience working at the command line of Linux systems doing basic system troubleshooting and running scripts.

Excellent written/verbal communication time management and organizational skills.

Ability to work well as part of global team in a fast-paced environment.

Extremely high personal standards for work quality.

Reliable and predictable availability

Benefits include:

• Private Medical Vision and Dental Insurance
• Travel Medical Insurance
• Group Pension Scheme
• Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
• Paid Parental Leave
• Parking and Commuter Benefits