Datacentre Operations Specialist

We’re looking for an experienced Data Center Engineer to design, build, scale, and perform daily upkeep in our regional data and colocation centers with a key focus on China. This is a hands-on position that will require a strong communicator with excellent people skills who can manage projects and take ownership.

You will join an interdisciplinary team made up of several groups, including our Network, Server, Facilities Engineering, Market Data, and Trading teams, along with some external data center operators, colocation and smart hands service providers.

In this role, you will be part of the infrastructure team in APAC reporting to the Infrastructure Datacenter Lead. You will play a key role in shaping and operating infrastructure in China, partnering with vendors and internal stakeholders to deploy and support our footprint.

You will collaborate with these stakeholders to:

• Design plans for new equipment deployments using data center best practices
• Coordinate logistical tasks across locations, including, shipping, moving, and keeping inventory of our equipment, cabling, and parts
• Install, cable, configure, and troubleshoot different types of networks and server equipment
• Install and configure server OS in a PXE environment (fundamental Linux knowledge is required to deploy network equipment)
• Manage and monitor power consumption with Smart PDU deployment.
• Ensure all our data centers uphold the highest standards in terms of security, organization, documentation, safety, cleanliness, and supply management

What you can expect from us:

 Real Impact: By integrating sophisticated coding techniques with innovative engineering ideas, we design and optimize systems that can process massive amounts of data while still ensuring high performance and stability. You’ll see how your contributions towards developing and supporting leading-edge hardware and software technologies make a firm-wide impact that makes us all smarter, faster, and better.

Collaboration: You will partner closely with our Infrastructure Teams to deliver and manage scalable and highly performant systems to support trading in the region and globally.

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: SIG offers a wide array of competitive employee perks & benefits. 

• 5+ years of experience working in a data center environment with strong knowledge of data center best practices and cabling methodology. CDCTP or equivalent certification is a plus.
• Self-starter; motivated to work independently and improve processes where possible
• Knowledgeable in networking fundamentals; can address Layer 2 and 3 connectivity issues
• Strong discipline in inventory management and multitasking.
• Deep understanding of hardware lifecycle management and maintenance
• Experienced with a variety of server and network hardware (e.g. Dell, Cisco, Arista, Ciena, OTDR testing tools like EXFO and VIAVI)
• Can design, deploy, test, and troubleshoot both copper and fiber cabling
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English, fluent in Mandarin.
• The role will be based in Hong Kong with travel to Datacentre within China (~ 10% of the time)

Equal Opportunity statement

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.

What we do 

Susquehanna’s deep integration of trading, technology and quant research makes us experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives. We handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day as both a market maker and market taker. Our efforts provide liquidity and ensure competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized to allow for a deep understanding of the unique drivers of each asset class.

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