Data Center Engineer - DASH

I'On Group • Jersey City, NJ

78d

About The Position

The Role: We are seeking a Data Center Engineer with strong automation and infrastructure management experience to join the core technology operations team. The ideal candidate will have a proven background in supporting and automating datacenter environments in high-performance trading or capital markets settings. You will be responsible for the design, deployment, and maintenance of our data center infrastructure, with a focus on improving scalability, reliability, and automation across systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Data Center, Systems, or Infrastructure Engineer.
• Strong automation skills with Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Experience with Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) environments.
• Understanding of low-latency networking, colocation facilities, and capital markets infrastructure.
• Familiarity with virtualization and containerization (VMware, KVM, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent troubleshooting skills in production environments.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in electronic trading infrastructure or market connectivity environments.
• Understanding of FIX, multicast, and financial exchange protocols.
• Experience managing infrastructure in colocation facilities such as Equinix or NY4/CH4.
• Exposure to DevOps pipelines and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support physical and virtual infrastructure across multiple data centers supporting ultra-low latency trading systems.
• Design and implement infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Python scripting.
• Maintain and optimize systems for high availability, low latency, and fault tolerance.
• Collaborate with network, systems, and trading technology teams to ensure seamless platform operations.
• Perform capacity planning, monitoring, and performance tuning across production and disaster recovery environments.
• Develop monitoring and alerting solutions using tools such as Zabbix, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for infrastructure-related issues.
• Support change management and documentation best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees