Datacenter Engineer

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Trade Technologies is a software publisher specializing in the trading and finance sector. Its clients primarily include investment banks, stock exchanges, brokers, and pension funds. smart

Trade enables real‑time computerized management of financial flows among these different stakeholders.

Joining smart

Trade means becoming a part of an innovative and international company with offices in Aix-en-Provence, London, Geneva, New York, Toronto, and Tokyo.

Skill development and career progression are top priorities at smart

Trade, offering employees numerous opportunities for learning, advancement, and mobility. Sports and their values of teamwork, performance, and dynamism are integral to the company's culture.

We are seeking a hands‑on Datacenter Engineer to join our North America Operations team. You’ll be the on‑the‑ground owner for our Secaucus (Equinix) environment and a key contributor to our global private cloud.

The role blends datacenter operations and Linux systems administration (Ubuntu), containerized compute (LXD/LXC, some Docker) and networking
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You will partner with engineering, network, and security teams to ensure reliability, performance, and change control in a 24×7, market‑facing environment.

This is a production‑oriented role: you’ll prepare, review and execute changes, troubleshoot live issues, execute maintenance windows, and continuously improve our platform through automation and rigorous documentation.

• Reports to the North American Operations Team Lead
• Works closely with System and Network Admins, Project & cybersecurity Teams
• Interacts with the following departments or external organizations:
  Technology, suppliers

• Perform racking, stacking, cabling, and labeling of servers, network, and storage equipment. Conduct hardware upgrades, component swaps, and replacements for disks, memory, and NICs.
• Perform fiber and copper cable cleaning, routing, and documentation to maintain reliability and performance.
• Track and manage hardware inventory, asset tagging, and lifecycle documentation.
• Coordinate RMA and vendor support for failed components and warranty claims.
• Assist with data center expansion and decommissioning projects, ensuring minimal downtime.

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux servers (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, or similar enterprise distributions).
• Manage virtualization platforms (VMware ESXi, KVM, or Proxmox) and assist with capacity planning.
• Apply patches, updates, and firmware upgrades as part of scheduled maintenance cycles.
• Support system imaging and provisioning for new hardware deployments.

• Implement and maintain infrastructure monitoring systems (Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus, Observium, Dynatrace, Centreon) for proactive issue detection.
  Analyze performance metrics to identify and resolve hardware or system bottlenecks.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of deployment and monitoring processes.
• Participating in strategic planning for datacenter & infrastructure improvements.

• Contribute to change management (runbooks, maintenance windows, rollback plans) and keep documentation current (network diagrams, inventories, SOPs).

• Work with network teams to troubleshoot L1–L3 issues, VLAN assignments, link failures, and firewall connectivity.
• Validate and document physical network and fiber patching maps.

• Use scripting (Bash, Python, or Ansible) to automate hardware checks, provisioning, and maintenance tasks.

• Ensure systems meet security and compliance standards through access control, patching, and hardening.
• Support audit preparation by maintaining accurate operational documentation.

• Perform root cause analysis and corrective actions for infrastructure incidents.

• Maintain detailed rack diagrams, wiring maps, system configurations, and operational SOPs.
• Update change logs and records in asset management systems.

• 3+ years of experience in a data center operations and Linux systems role
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• Proven hands‑on experience with server hardware…