Data Center Operations Engineer - Banking & Finance
Posted 6 days 2 hours ago by Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited
Do you want to work for one of the world's leading firms in automation?
Join a multibillion-pound global quant firm specializing in quantitative-driven electronic market-making, providing liquidity across Equity, FX, Fixed Income, and Commodity markets. Operating globally with counterparties, exchanges, and e-trading venues, they ensure market participants access the best prices across asset classes.
With a lean structure, employees are valued as individuals rather than just numbers. The CEO knows their names, and their contributions have a direct impact on the business. Driven by bright, inquisitive minds, the company fosters a flat structure where all ideas are evaluated, prioritized, and supported for implementation.
They are currently searching for a skilled Data Center Operations Engineer to work in the first class environment. With a great team culture, this could be your final career stop! If you're interested, apply today!
Key Responsibilities:- Install, configure, and troubleshoot network switches and server infrastructure in data centre environments
- Perform hands-on hardware and networking support at local data centres; assist with global rollouts when required
- Build and manage racks, including structured cabling, optics/transceivers, and power planning
- Collaborate with engineering teams to support low-latency trading infrastructure, ensuring optimal network performance
- Maintain high standards for uptime, reliability, and operational procedures
- Proven experience working in low-latency trading, HPC, or colocation data centres
- Strong understanding of networking concepts (Layer 1-3), switching technologies, and hands-on experience with vendors like Arista, Cisco, or Juniper
- Ability to log in to switches, perform basic configurations, diagnostics, and packet-level troubleshooting
- Familiarity with server hardware components such as NICs, SSDs, GPUs, FPGAs, and transceivers
- Exposure to Linux systems (command line and basic performance/debug tools)
- Ability to operate independently in high-pressure environments, manage competing priorities, and travel locally as needed.
- London (onsite with travel to DCs)
- Up to £200,000 total comp