Data Center Operations Engineer | Experienced Hire
About The Position
Become a key player in our Mid-Central Datacenter Services team, where innovation meets critical infrastructure. You'll support and manage data center technologies across multiple locations in the Chicago Illinois area, ensuring rapid response to technical issues and deployments in our fast-paced trading environment. Gain hands-on experience with a wide range of technologies, including: Networking and telecommunications Server hardware and software Storage hardware and infrastructure Tools for managing complex IT environments Security systems Location & Schedule This role is based in the Chicago Metropolitan Area and involves local travel to our data centers and colocation facilities throughout the region. Since most support activities occur after trading hours (post 4:30 PM EST), a flexible schedule is essential. How You’ll Learn At Susquehanna, we believe in learning by doing. From day one, you’ll receive hands-on experience, guided by a supportive team. During your initial months in the role, your team lead will help you build a personalized development plan focused on: Understanding your team’s responsibilities Operating within a critical Datacenter Navigating our technical environment Building strong working relationships What you can expect from us: Real Impact: You’ll be designing and optimizing systems that process massive amounts of data, ensuring high performance and stability. You’ll see how your contributions towards developing and supporting leading-edge hardware and software solutions make a firm-wide impact that makes us all smarter, faster, and better. Collaboration: Our systems engineers, network architects, technical analysts and software developers work together to create competitive edge through best-in-class technical solutions. Growth: For many of our roles, we don’t expect you to have prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services to succeed at Susquehanna International Group. We’re looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to continuously innovate, learn, and grow. Benefits: Susquehanna offers a wide array of competitive employee perks & benefits. What we’re looking for Strong understanding of technology fundamentals in a critical infrastructure environment Experience with server and/or networking installations, implementations and/or deployments required Knowledge of structured cable environments for high-capacity large scale compute environments 1+ years in technical field support, systems administration, or data center operations Solid knowledge of Windows and networking; basic Linux/Unix skills a plus Experience with server/network installations and deployments Valid driver’s license for local travel Ability to lift/move up to 65+ pounds Understanding of critical IT facilities infrastructure (power, cooling) Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find relentless problem solvers within each of our core disciplines: Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research. From offices around the world, our employees collaborate to make optimal decisions and are driven by the desire to achieve winning results together. What we do We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives trading. Through market making and market taking, we handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day, providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized, allowing for a deep understanding of unique drivers of each asset class. If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to [email protected]. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement will not be eligible for an agency fee. #LI-RH1 #LI-Onsite
Requirements
- Strong understanding of technology fundamentals in a critical infrastructure environment
- Experience with server and/or networking installations, implementations and/or deployments required
- Knowledge of structured cable environments for high-capacity large scale compute environments
- 1+ years in technical field support, systems administration, or data center operations
- Solid knowledge of Windows and networking; basic Linux/Unix skills a plus
- Experience with server/network installations and deployments
- Valid driver’s license for local travel
- Ability to lift/move up to 65+ pounds
- Understanding of critical IT facilities infrastructure (power, cooling)
Benefits
- Susquehanna offers a wide array of competitive employee perks & benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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