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# Data Center Engineer

- **Company:** Flow Traders U.S. LLC
- **Location:** Amsterdam, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** BIOS, Data Centers, Debian Linux, Linux, Firmware, Networking Hardware, Computer Networking Systems, Computer Network Operations, Low Latency, SAP Ariba, Hardware Infrastructure, Cisco
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/data-center-engineer-amsterdam-ny--22b8c802-6874-46a0-965a-25f4901addeb

## About the Role

Network Operations Center, Network Operations Center, Collocation, Identify Issues, Microwaves, Wireless Communications, Capacity Management, Network Systems, Documentation Plan, Willing to Travel, * 5+ years of hands-on datacenter experience in a business-critical production environment; trading or other latency-sensitive experience is preferred.

 * Strong server hardware knowledge, including rack installation, PDUs, firmware/BIOS, out-of-band management, and component-level troubleshooting.
 * Strong structured cabling knowledge across copper, DAC/Twinax, and SM/MM fibre, including optical testing.
 * Good understanding of colocation power, cooling, redundancy, and environmental monitoring.
 * Basic troubleshooting and configuration experience with Cisco/Arista networking and Linux/Debian systems.
 * Experience managing colocation providers, carriers, contractors, cross-connects, and remote hands.
 * Strong project delivery, documentation, incident management, and stakeholder communication skills.
 * Willingness to travel frequently across Europe and participate in on-call support.
 * Valid driving licence and unrestricted ability to travel to and work at provider sites across the EU.

## Description

Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Datacenter Engineer to own and support the physical infrastructure across our European colocation estate, including latency-sensitive trading sites, back-office datacenters, and microwave/wireless locations. You will be responsible for the full physical infrastructure lifecycle, from new deployments and hardware refreshes to troubleshooting, capacity planning, documentation, and decommissioning. This is a highly hands-on role requiring regular travel across Europe and close collaboration with Network, Systems, Trading Infrastructure, carriers, and colocation providers.

Core Responsibilities

 * Rack, cable, power, commission, troubleshoot, and decommission servers, storage, and network equipment.
 * Deliver new datacenter deployments, hardware refreshes, site expansions, and connectivity projects.
 * Act as the on-site escalation point for hardware, cabling, power, thermal, optics, and physical network incidents.
 * Monitor and forecast rack space, power, cooling, and cross-connect capacity across sites.
 * Manage cross-connects, remote hands, site access, carriers, colocation providers, and specialist contractors.
 * Maintain accurate hardware, spares, cabling, rack elevation, and site documentation.
 * Coordinate hardware shipping, RMAs, receiving, and asset disposal across European locations.
 * Support microwave and wireless locations and supervise specialist contractors where required.
 * Participate in change management, incident response, postmortems, and an out-of-hours on-call rota.
 * Standardize infrastructure practices and automate repetitive operational tasks where possible.