Data Center Engineer

Data Center Engineer (Racking & Stacking) – Low Latency Trading

Location: Singapore

Type: Full-time

About the Role

Leading HFT firm seeking a hands-on Data Center Engineer to deploy and maintain ultra-low latency infrastructure across global colocation sites. Zero-downtime environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Rack, stack, cable, and label servers, switches, and FPGA appliances
• Manage structured cabling (fiber/copper), patch panels, and cross-connects
• Create rack diagrams, power plans, and maintain documentation
• Manage power budgets, cooling, and environmental monitoring
• Own hardware lifecycle: deployment, inventory, vendor RMA, decommissioning
• Install components: NICs, SmartNICs, FPGA cards, drives, firmware
• Deploy low-latency network gear (Arista, Cisco, Mellanox) and optics (SFP+/QSFP)
• Support precision timing (PTP, GPS)
• 24x7 on-call rotation; travel 25–40% globally

Requirements

• 5+ years data center operations (colocation/enterprise)
• Expert in racking, stacking, fiber/copper cabling
• Strong knowledge of power (PDUs, UPS), cooling, physical security
• Server hardware experience (Dell, Supermicro)
• Networking hardware familiarity (Arista, Cisco, Mellanox)
• Fiber optics: SFP/SFP+/QSFP, cleaning, basic testing
• Linux CLI skills
• Excellent documentation and SOP discipline
• Thrives in 24x7 mission-critical environments

Nice-to-Have: HFT experience, FPGA/SmartNICs, PTP/GPS, automation (Ansible/Python)

What We Offer

• Competitive salary + bonus
• Full benefits, pension matching
• Generous vacation and development budget
• Global travel, cutting-edge tech